Overview

• Moscow has signaled willingness to resume peace talks only if Ukraine formally withdraws from territories annexed in 2022, abandons NATO membership aspirations, caps its armed forces
• President Zelenski confirmed that delegations from Kyiv and Moscow will convene in Istanbul this Wednesday to seek a new ceasefire agreement and prisoner exchange
• Earlier talks on May 16 and June 2 in Istanbul delivered large-scale prisoner swaps but failed to secure a lasting truce
• President Trump issued a 50-day ultimatum for Russia to agree to a ceasefire or face additional U.S. sanctions, a deadline that approaches in early September
• Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said a potential face-to-face meeting between Presidents Putin and Trump in Beijing during September’s World War II commemorations would hinge on Trump’s attendance