Ukraine conflict newest: Russia threatened Ukraine with ‘everlasting conflict’, supply tells Sky Information – in peace talks which lasted simply two hours | World Information

By Ivor Bennett, Moscow correspondent

Russia says it is “happy” with the talks and that is actually no shock.

The assembly in Istanbul ticked each of Moscow’s bins – exhibit a willingness for peace with out giving something away.

Regardless of lasting beneath two hours, the very fact the talks occurred in any respect is a step ahead. But it surely’s a child step, a shuffle even, and certainly not an enormous leap.

The one substantive factor to come back from the assembly was a prisoner swap, the biggest up to now. It is a confidence constructing measure, maybe, however it does not carry the 2 sides nearer collectively.

There may be nonetheless a gaping chasm between them on the basics of territory, safety ensures, and a ceasefire.

Russia’s argument towards a direct 30-day truce is that there are too many particulars to iron out first earlier than could be carried out, like how it is going to be monitored.

In order that they’ve mentioned either side will now set out their imaginative and prescient for a ceasefire and talks can proceed after that. However was a face-to-face assembly actually wanted to get to that time?

A 30-day ceasefire was first proposed by the US, and agreed to by Ukraine, two months in the past. Certainly Moscow might’ve revealed their ‘imaginative and prescient’ prior to now?

It appears like one other swerve from Moscow, that pushes an actual pause within the combating additional away.

Moscow is happy, however Kyiv and Europe are usually not. The query, as ever, is: what about Donald Trump?