Ukrainian president Zelensky has said that direct talks with Putin were the only way to end the war.
is Vladimir Putin to come to the table?was"conceptually possible" although would only follow the negotiations going on by officials from Kyiv and Moscow, which are yet to yield a major breakthrough.could end the war; however, experts have toldthat such a prospect is unlikely with one former diplomat saying there was"little chance" it would happen soon.
"I see little chance that Putin would meet with Zelensky in the near term," said former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, Steven Pifer. "The Kremlin has shown no serious interest in negotiation, making maximalist demands simply for a Russian ceasefire. It appears that Putin is set on a military operation to seize Kyiv and occupy the eastern part of Ukraine," he toldRussian president Vladimir Putin, pictured at the Kremlin on February 15, 2022. Ukrainian predsident Volodymyr Zelensky has said that direct talks with Putin were the only path to ending the war in Ukraine.
"I would not consider that a 'win' for Russia, but that appears to be what Putin is aiming for," said Pifer, adjunct professor at the Stanford Center for Security and Cooperation. Zelensky's immediate priorities would be upholding humanitarian corridors and a ceasefire that holds for the embattled cities, in particular, Mariupol, which continued to be bombarded.
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