Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says negotiations are becoming 'more realistic,' while Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says proposals now being discussed are 'in my view close to an agreement.' RussiaUkraineCrisis
New talk of compromise from both Moscow and Kyiv on a status for Ukraine outside of NATO lifted hope on Wednesday for a potential breakthrough after three weeks of war.
Though the war still ground on with Ukrainian civilians trapped in cities under Russian bombardment, the signs of compromise sent relief through global financial markets. Shares in Germany – Russia’s biggest energy market – were up 3.4%. Three weeks into the invasion, Russian troops have been halted at the gates of Kyiv, having taken heavy losses and failed to seize any of Ukraine’s biggest cities in a war Western officials say Moscow expected to win within days.
Keeping Ukraine out of the Western military alliance was one of Russia’s main demands in the months before it launched what it calls a “special operation” to disarm and “denazify” its neighbor. He also said Kyiv was seeking direct talks between Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Moscow has said they could meet, but only to finalize an agreement already hammered out.
The streets of the capital Kyiv were largely empty on Wednesday after authorities imposed a curfew overnight. Several buildings in a residential area were badly damaged after what appeared to be a Russian missile was shot down in the early hours of Wednesday, residents and emergency workers said.
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