With talks of a confrontation over Greenland receding, attention turns back to ending the four-year war between Ukraine and Russia
With a (temporary?) pause on the Greenland crisis, the attention shifts back to Ukraine after Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s talks with Donald Trump in Davos, and the US delegation’s late talks with Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin last night, which was described by Russian aide Yuri Ushakov as “useful in every aspect.”
Let’s see if they can lead to a genuine breakthrough.
Starting today, and over the weekend, the Ukrainian, US, and Russian delegations are now going to hold trilateral discussions in the United Arab Emirates on ending the war. They will be focusing on a few outstanding issues, including the thorny problem of territorial concessions demanded by Moscow in eastern Ukraine.
The Russian delegation will be headed by Gen Igor Kostyukov, director of Russia’s GRU military intelligence agency. The Ukrainian team will by led by secretary of the National Security and Defence Council and former defence minister, Rustem Umerov.
