According to Ukrainian and Turkish media, another circular of peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will be held in Istanbul on Wednesday. However, no 1 expects them to bring serious solutions.
"Don't anticipate a magical breakthrough"
Even before today's meeting, both Ukraine and Russia have underestimated the expectations of this circular of talks. If talks happen, it will be the 3rd gathering of the representatives of the fighting states since the Trump administration convinced them to talk together.
"There is no reason to anticipate any magical breakthroughs," said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitri Pieskov on Tuesday. "In the current situation, this is highly improbable," he added.
As the fresh York Times says, Russia and Ukraine will most likely usage talks to solve comparatively insignificant (compared to war) problems specified as prisoner exchange. However, neither organization is prepared to compromise to end the bloodshed.
Negotiator without power, plays with bodies of the fallen
On the 1 hand, we have Russia, which is presently having any average success on the battlefield. So there's no motivation to halt fighting. In turn Ukraine received renewed military support from the United States and Europe. So she has assets in her hand that may let her to halt the Russian offensive and get better terms of truce in the future.
Let us add that the erstwhile talks on the Russian side were chaired by Vladimir Miedinski, a militant historian and president of the Russian Union of Writers. Ukraine has not wrongly defined as a individual without real influence on any peace decisions.
Nyt emphasizes that Russia pushed for the exchange of prisoners and bodies of fallen soldiers, which took place after erstwhile rounds of talks. However, it was not a reflex of humanism, Russia had a political goal.
On the 1 hand, the Russians wanted to prove that authoritative data on Ukrainian soldiers killed were understated. On the another hand, they know well that families of soldiers who have died in battles are entitled to advanced compensation, provided that death is proven. Russia is so trying to weaken Ukraine financially.
The Russians claim that since June they have given the Ukrainians 7,000 bodies of her military. The Ukrainian side questions this number and adds that any remains do not belong to Ukrainian soldiers and were simply dumped.
On Monday, Zelenski admitted that during the Istanbul talks his envoys would focus on the return of Ukrainian children exported to Russia from occupied territories. He besides wants a individual gathering between him and Putin. He repeatedly said that only specified a gathering can bring peace.
