Ukraine, Russia Reject Negotiation Amid ‘Peace Summit’ Announcement

Published on January 15, 2024

Ukrainian leadership is meeting with officials in Switzerland today to organize a Global Peace Summit, which Kyiv hopes will build support for its defense against Russia. Despite the meeting’s moniker, Kyiv and Moscow have dismissed calls for a negotiated settlement to end the war in Europe. Kyiv claims that a just peace would necessarily mean the expulsion of all Russian forces from Ukraine and an international tribunal for Russian war crimes. Moscow, meanwhile, has vowed to continue its war until it succeeds at forcing Ukraine to give up its military and become a neutral state indefinitely. “This summit should provide the momentum for what we’ve already accomplished,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X, formerly Twitter....

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