Russia-Ukraine peace talks

Kyiv used Abramovich back channel to test Putin’s appetite for ceasefire talks

Former Chelsea owner and Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich visited Kyiv in May at the invitation of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was asked to urge Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to meet Zelenskyy one-on-one, Financial Times reported on June 7, citing “four people familiar with the matter.”

7 June, 06:36 PM

HUR-era sources give Budanov insight into Russian negotiators

Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff Kyrylo Budanov said his years leading the HUR military intelligence agency have helped him in peace negotiations with Russia because he still has access to informants and influential figures there.

15 May, 04:58 PM

Putin’s insatiable ambition: What the Kremlin really wants from peace talks — NV analysis

As Ukraine, the United States and Russia prepare for talks expected on March 5–6, diplomats and analysts interviewed by NV say the Kremlin is treating the negotiations not as a path to ending the war but as a strategy to secure long-term political control over Ukraine, even as it signals agreement in principle with U.S.-backed security guarantees and pushes early elections to reshape Kyiv’s postwar governance.

3 March, 01:17 PM

Kremlin regime says it will continue Ukraine talks but ‘trusts only itself’

The Kremlin regime will remain open to U.S.-mediated talks on ending Russia’s war against Ukraine but “trusts only itself,” Kremlin regime spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 2, according to Russian state news agencies.

2 March, 01:55 PM

Kremlin threatens to exit talks unless Ukraine cedes all of Donetsk Oblast

Russian officials involved in negotiations with Ukraine and the United States are increasingly concluding that the talks make little sense if Ukraine does not agree to relinquish territory, Bloomberg reported on Feb. 28, citing sources close to the Kremlin.

28 February, 03:35 PM

Rubio declares Russia’s war against Ukraine has no military solution

Russia’s war against Ukraine has no military solution and that peace can be achieved only through negotiations, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on Feb. 25.

26 February, 12:17 PM

Sybiha: Putin’s missiles struck not just Ukrainians but the peace table in Abu Dhabi

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin ordered a large-scale missile strike on Ukraine during peace talks in Abu Dhabi, continuing what Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called a genocidal war against civilians and ongoing crimes against humanity.

24 January, 11:40 AM

Russia dismisses key terms of U.S. Ukraine peace proposal

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin admitted he rejected parts of the U.S.-backed peace plan for Ukraine and described his Dec. 2 meeting in Moscow with Donald Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner as “very useful,” according to an interview with India Today cited by Russian state-run media.

4 December 2025, 10:36 AM

Zelenskyy signals openness to Trump meeting after U.S.–Russia talks

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv will wait for signals from Washington following U.S.–Russia talks taking place in Moscow on Dec. 2 — signals that will determine Ukraine’s next steps and the level of upcoming engagements with the American side.

2 December 2025, 05:31 PM

G7 urges Moscow-Kyiv talks on current Ukraine frontlines

The current line of contact should be the starting point of negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv, the G7 Foreign Ministers of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, and the High Representative of the European Union stated after the Nov. 11-12 meeting in the Niagara region.

13 November 2025, 08:38 AM

Zelenskyy ready to accept ‘acceptable compromise’ along current front line — FT

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s goal in his meeting with Donald Trump is to establish “a peace process without pressure on the country” regarding Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts, a Ukrainian official close to the president told the Financial Times.

18 August 2025, 11:30 AM

Trump may fume as Zelenskyy rejects handing Russia Donbas and Luhansk

Zelenskyy’s firm rejection of territorial concessions in a deal with Russia could anger US President Donald Trump, the New York Times reported on Aug. 9.

9 August 2025, 12:50 PM

Kremlin says Russia ‘waiting’ for Ukraine to propose date for third round of talks

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia is “waiting” for Ukraine to propose a date for a third round of negotiations, according to Russian state media reports published on July 8.

8 July 2025, 04:49 PM

Ukrainian ceasefire proposal sent to Russia and U.S.

A Ukrainian document delivered to the aggressor state Russia and the United States includes provisions for a ceasefire on land, at sea and in the air, The New York Times reported on May 30, citing a senior Ukrainian official who requested anonymity.

30 May 2025, 05:40 PM

Turkey’s top diplomat heads to Kyiv after meeting Putin

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan is expected to come to Kyiv this week following a series of meetings with Russian officials during his two-day visit to Moscow, including with Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, Reuters reported on May 27.

27 May 2025, 06:29 PM

Russia eyes new advance, but analysts see no looming Ukrainian collapse

Russia is regrouping its forces along the more than 1,000-kilometer front line in preparation for what soldiers and analysts view as a likely major offensive in the coming months, The Financial Times reported on May 25, citing battlefield shifts amid renewed diplomatic efforts to end its war against Ukraine.

25 May 2025, 10:44 PM

Trump says only direct meeting with Putin can end the war in Ukraine

The United States could compel Russian dictator Vladimir Putin to sit down with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and recognize that Ukraine is a sovereign country, British businessman and philanthropist Lord Michael Ashcroft argued in an article for The Telegraph.

18 May 2025, 06:23 PM

ISW: Putin stalls talks, demands Ukraine’s surrender, prepares for long war

Russia continues to threaten escalation and hint at potential nuclear strikes as the Kremlin gears up for a prolonged war with no intention of making concessions, according to a May 17 report from the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

18 May 2025, 10:29 AM

European diplomats accuse Putin of derailing Ukraine peace talks in Türkiye

European diplomats are accusing Russian dictator Vladimir Putin of undermining peace talks with Ukraine by refusing to travel to Türkiye for a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Bloomberg reported on May 15.

15 May 2025, 06:17 PM

Trump on Türkiye talks: Nothing will move forward until I meet with Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump dismissed the composition of Russia’s delegation to the peace talks with Ukraine in Türkiye and said nothing meaningful would happen until he meets personally with Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.

15 May 2025, 05:31 PM

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