Russia, Ukraine to exchange prisoners but talks end with no big breakthrough
U.S. officials say they are determined to revive Washington’s peace efforts that so far have failed to deliver significant results.
Russia and Ukraine agreed to a large exchange of prisoners of war during U.S.-mediated talks on Wednesday, but the two-day session concluded with no significant progress on ending Moscow’s five-year-old full-scale invasion. Low expectations were set for the first meeting in nine months between the delegations, which have often swapped POWs but remain far apart in their demands for a peace settlement.
U.S. officials are determined to revive Washington’s peace efforts, which have failed to yield significant results. The talks also covered postwar security guarantees, the fate of Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, and the role European countries would play in an eventual settlement.
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