Ukrainian diplomats have raised the alarm this week over news of Russian plans to hold Ukraine peace talks without Ukraine’s participation. The Kremlin gambit has revived concerns that Moscow aims to bypass Kyiv and reach agreement directly with the West over Ukraine’s geopolitical future.
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Peter Dickinson: Putin plots Ukraine peace talks without Ukraine
A cat looks down at a Ukrainian soldier resting in a trench on the front line with Russia-backed separatists near Krasnogorivka village, Donetsk region on Feb. 28, 2020. Two Ukrainian soldiers were killed on March 10, 2020, and nine others wounded in fighting with pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, the second "escalation" of the conflict in recent weeks.
