16 h. ago Beijing’s ties with Moscow and Kyiv should be leveraged for peace

The International Organisation for Mediation launched in Hong Kong late last month, counting 32 countries as founding signatories. An institution designed to supplement and actualise Article 33 of the United Nations Charter is something the world increasingly needs as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine drags into its fourth year. Recent peace talks in Istanbul produced no appreciable progress, while swings on the battlefield have long since given way to a grinding impasse. Neither side appears capable...

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2 w. ago Europe may buy more US arms for Ukraine as Trump grows impatient over peace talks

Sending American weapons to Ukraine would help it deter Russia’s advance and might put pressure on Putin to get serious about a ceasefire.

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2 w. ago Russia casts doubt over Vatican as potential venue for Ukraine peace talks

Pope Leo had said the Vatican could act as a mediator in global conflicts, but Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ‘many people are fantasising’ about meeting location.

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2 w. ago Trump Woke Up Europe, But His Ukraine Peace Push May Undermine China Strategy, Says Leon Aron

Trump Woke Up Europe, But His Ukraine Peace Push May Undermine China Strategy, Says Leon Aron  Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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3 w. ago Putin agrees with Trump to work with Ukraine towards possible peace accord

‘Russia’s position is clear,’ Putin said during Monday’s phone call. ‘The main thing for us is to eliminate the root causes of this crisis’.

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3 w. ago Russia, Ukraine meet in Turkey in first direct peace talks in 3 years, but little progress expected

The officials present, including Ukraine’s defence minister, faced each other around a U-shaped table, but the two sides are far apart in their conditions for ending the war.

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4 w. ago Peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

Trump, on a tour of the Gulf, has said there would be no movement on peace talks in the absence of a meeting between himself and Putin.

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4 w. ago Ukraine peace breakthrough unlikely as Putin declines to meet Zelensky in Turkey

‘We can’t be running around the world looking for Putin,’ Zelensky said after meeting Turkish President Erdogan in Ankara.

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4 w. ago Exclusive: Ukraine eyes new sanctions on China, but Kyiv wary of peace talks fallout

Exclusive: Ukraine eyes new sanctions on China, but Kyiv wary of peace talks fallout  The Kyiv Independent

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last month Ukraine war: Zelensky challenges Russia’s Putin to talks in Istanbul amid Trump’s peace push

Zelensky’s insistence on Putin’s presence at Ukraine peace talks in Istanbul tests Russia’s commitment to ending the conflict.

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