Ukraine War: Negotiations give faint hope for peace

Created: 03/15/2022, 10:02 am

By: Christian Stör

Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine want to continue negotiations on a ceasefire via video link today.

• In the Ukraine conflict*, new negotiations between Russia* and Ukraine* are on the agenda for today.

• The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj* assesses the negotiations positively: "Russia understands that it cannot achieve anything with war".

  Vladimir Putin* also speaks of progress.

• The news ticker on the negotiations in

  Ukraine War* is continuously updated.

Kyiv - The Ukraine war has now lasted almost three weeks.

On the 20th day of the Russian invasion, fighting and attacks continue unabated.

But people are not giving up hope that the so far fruitless negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will lead to a ceasefire.

Yesterday, Monday (03/14/2022), the negotiators of both sides began new talks via video.

Although the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia were interrupted due to a "technical break" without any tangible results, the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has now confirmed that the negotiations are to be continued today.

That could be a ray of hope in the previously dark Ukraine war.

Volunteers sew Ukrainian flags and first-aid kits at a workshop in Lviv.

Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on a ceasefire again bring no tangible result.

© Bernat Armangue/dpa

Ukraine war: Selenskyj is confident before negotiations

In fact, Zelenskyy is apparently hoping for serious progress from today's negotiations with Russia.

Russia has "already begun to understand that it will not achieve anything with war," said Zelenskyj in a video message published on Tuesday night on his Facebook page.

Zelenskyj also gave a positive assessment of the most recent round of negotiations on Monday.

He was told that the talks had gone "pretty well".

"But let's wait and see," restricted Zelenskyj with a view to the new negotiations on Tuesday.

Nevertheless, Selenskyj's statement gives hope.

This is also in view of the fact that Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin had already spoken of “positive progress” in the ongoing negotiations between Russia and Ukraine on Friday (March 11, 2022).

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Ukraine War: Russia Continues Attacks Despite Negotiations

However, parallel to the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, the Russian army continued its attacks undeterred.

"The occupying forces continue to attack infrastructure and residential areas with rockets and bombs, artillery and tanks," said the chief of staff of the Ukrainian army.

A series of violent explosions rocked Kyiv early Tuesday morning.

The Russian army is currently trying to encircle the Ukrainian capital.

(cs/afp)