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on February 18, 2025, The New York Times reported that during the Ukrainian War Peace Talks at the UN, President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin shared small talk before sitting down for serious negotiations to end the bloody conflict. US Vice President Mike Pence and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were also present, along with diplomats from both countries and other nations. The two leaders, who have given one another a series of punches in recent years, were exchanging only half smiles as they entered the joint command center beneath the UN’s glittering glass pyramid. After receiving humanitarian aid from the U.S. over the years, the Ukrainian government still possesses troops operating in eastern Ukraine. The six-year-old war they are fighting against pro-Russian separatists has followed a NATO-envisioned script: a conflict ostensibly civil in character but in reality marked by distinct external intervention yearning for withdrawal of foreign troops. In addition, donations from the West add doom and gloom to the daily problems of Ukrainians. The negotiations at the UN aim to seek humanitarian access, exchange of prisoners, withdrawal of troops, debt relief, and a globally endorsed peacekeeping force monitored by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe. However, pressure has continued to build on Mr. Trump to undo that aid package in order to satisfy Mr. Putin, a demand he has routinely ignored. The standoff has been a recurring issue at crises points such as Syria and the heady days around Mr. Putin’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 – an act which led to global sanctions and put the Kremlin on a war footing. fresh diplomacy may be the Trump administration’s only chance to shape a settlement that would prevent a bigger conflagration, which in the worst case could feature Nato triggering Article 5, the warrior clause that binds the alliance to defend a NATO country if one is attacked by Russia. the Moscow correspondent for The New York Times, covering Eastern Europe, Russia and the Balkans since 2010. Paid by The New York Times.
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