In February 2022, after Russia started Ukraine’s full -scale invasion, Moscow and Kiev held a round of peace talks in Belarus next month and later in Turkey.
After disagreeing on the major points of both sides, they failed the dialogue, including Russia Is required Ukraine abandoned his ambitions to join NATO and limit his army.
But 2025 Have seen a new diplomatic push:
Donald Trump returns to the White House January A renewal of efforts towards a ceasefire deal was marked.
In late februaryHe hosted Volodymyr Zeleskyy at the White House. This meeting suddenly ended after a sharp argument which was played in front of seeing Journalist.
In A bid for pressure on Ukraine, America suspended military aid march And stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine.
Kiev agreed to the 30-day ceasefire, but Russia refused, saying that the “root causes” of the struggle needed to be addressed first. full Truses can be applied.
By aprilThe disappointment in Washington had increased at the point that Trump said the US was ready to give up the peace process until significant progress was made.
Early arrival MayRussia unilaterally implemented a three -day Ceasefire
European leaders asked Putin to expand the Trus, the Russian President proposed Start a re -start Direct conversation in Istanbul which was frozen in 2022. Neither Putin nor Zelansky participated in those dialogues, instead with the lower-level delegation Leg Sent to Turkish city. The dialogue resulted in the exchange of the war of prisoners and the pledge to continue the dialogue.
Two more rounds of Conversation in June and jouley Therefore, a permanent peace agreement, or even a letter failed to secure any meaningful progress on the ceasefire.
During a meeting with UK Prime Minister Keer Strander In late JulyTrump set a time limit of “10 or 12” days to end the war to Putin.
In augustTrump hosted Putin for a historic summit in the US state of Alaska.
However, despite Trump claiming that the meeting was “productive”, the summit was an innocent, with no deal.
Later in August, the European leader supported Zelancesi in his return to the White House to suppress Trump on security guarantee and block regional concessions. It was later suggested that Zelansky and Putin would meet for peace talks.
Drone and missile barrage Russia launched overnight on Kiev, the most deadly attack since the Alaska Summit.
