Overview

• Negotiators from Russia and Ukraine will meet in Turkey on Wednesday to resume stalled peace talks
• They have agreed to swap at least 1,200 prisoners of war apiece, extending recent large-scale exchanges
• The two sides remain sharply divided over Kyiv’s demand for an immediate ceasefire and Moscow’s insistence on territorial concessions and NATO renunciation
• President Trump has given Russia 50 days to agree to a truce or face new sanctions and has approved Patriot missile systems for Ukraine
• Moscow has not ruled out a potential Putin-Trump meeting in Beijing during September’s World War II anniversary events