Talks to end Ukraine war begin

U.S. President Donald Trump has said negotiations to end the war
will start “immediately” following phone calls with Russian President
Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky


Volodymyr
Zelensky
Ukraine demands
Russia withdraw
from captured land
and seeks NATO
membership or
equivalent security
guarantees

Vladimir Putin
Russia occupies
a fifth of Ukraine
and wants Kyiv
to cede territory
and become
permanently
neutral under
any peace deal


BELARUS 
RUSSIA
Ukrainian incursion into Russia
POLAND
Kyiv
Kharkiv
UKRAINE
Dnipro
Area held by Russia
MOLDOVA
Odesa
ROMANIA
BLACK SEA
CRIMEA
200km
125 miles


U.S.: Statements by Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth
indicate Washington’s policy shift on Ukraine:

Restoring Ukraine’s pre-2014 borders is “unrealistic”

Ukraine’s NATO membership is not a “realistic outcome
of a negotiated settlement”

Any security guarantees must be backed by European
and non-European troops, not U.S. troops deployed to
Ukraine, and not part of a NATO mission


Sources: Atlantic Council, ISW, Reuters 
Picture: Getty Images 
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