On eve of Istanbul talks, Moscow ignored a call for a 30-day ceasefire and showed signs of preparing for new offensives.
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On eve of Istanbul talks, Moscow ignored a call for a 30-day ceasefire and showed signs of preparing for new offensives.
Charles Clarke and another Cambridge University expert argue Europe could replace a failing US as Ukraine’s guarantor.
Trump has approved a $310m sale of F-16 parts and support, and told Russia and Ukraine to sort out their own ceasefire.
Ukraine and Europe counter-proposed terms, seeing the US plan as too conciliatory towards Moscow.
But experts tell Al Jazeera that money means little without a focus on the right systems and global partnerships.
Easter truce halted long-range attacks while US says it has presented both sides with the outlines of a ‘lasting peace’.
Europe has the industrial and financial might to help Ukraine without the US, says Phillips O’Brien.
Fatal attacks have shaken several Ukrainian cities, prompting an offer from Kyiv to pay for US air defence systems.
Two analyses have captured Moscow’s battlefield struggles amid US-mediated talks to end the war.
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