Ukraine Proposes Neutral Status With Guarantees, and Zelensky Seeks More Western Help – WSJ

Ukraine and Russia said they made some progress in talks to end the war, with Kyiv presenting its proposal for a neutral status and international security guarantees as Moscow continued deadly strikes across Ukraine despite promises to focus its campaign on the eastern Donbas region.

Though the latest round of negotiations, opened by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Istanbul, made advances toward drafting a peace treaty, violence continued unabated, with dozens of reported civilian casualties.

In a sign of progress, Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for the initialing of the treaty once the negotiations are completed, said Moscow s chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky. He also said that, in a show of good will, Russia would limit its operations near Kyiv and the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv, though that step didn t amount to a cease-fire.

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