Every meeting, every minute this meeting continues is a great thing towards peace, right? However, my initial take is that Putin's word can never be trusted.
Numerous villagers who spoke to DW told of family members being abducted and killed. Their livelihoods, which primarily consist of farming sorghum, millet, and livestock, and then trading their produce in nearby market towns, have been severely disrupted.
"The conflict was not about mere lines on a map or forms of words; it was about emotions, specifically hatreds that are becoming too murderous to contain."
Any peace deal that would force Ukraine to give up territory to Russia is "bulls-t," heavyweight world champion Oleksandr Usyk told Piers Morgan in a recent interview.