Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an agreement on a range of critical issues during the spring 2022 peace talks. Documents from those conversations, obtained by The New York Times, shed new light on what those issues were — and what are likely to be the most important. sticking points in future negotiations to end Europe’s biggest land war in generations.
President Vladimir Putin of Russia has repeatedly pointed to the 2022 talks as the basis for a future deal, although many Ukrainian and Western officials doubt Russia would be willing to settle for anything less than Ukraine’s complete subjugation.
Ukraine’s efforts to join NATO were at the heart of Putin’s justifications for the country’s invasion in February 2022.
