From May 2022 until direct talks resumed in Istanbul in May 2025, Russia-Ukraine negotiations on major political and settlement issues were dormant, apart from discussions over discrete matters like prisoner exchanges and the grain deal.
Sources
- The Long War in Ukraine, With Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe (cfr.org)
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2022/05/ukraine-220518-pdo02.htm (globalsecurity.org)
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/?p=1598936 (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
- https://cambridgepeace.org/projects/ukraine/negotiation-news/ (cambridgepeace.org)
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