Peace talks on Ukraine are more active than ever

Peace talks on Ukraine are more active than at any time since the beginning of the war

The peace talks to end the war in Ukraine are currently in their most active phase since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion. This was reported by the German newspaper Bild with reference to sources involved in diplomatic consultations.

According to journalists, the discussions cover a much wider range of issues than just the situation in Donbas.

Key topics of the negotiations

Donbas and security guarantees

Donbas is seen as one of the components of future agreements. In parallel, the parties are discussing security guarantees for Ukraine after the end of hostilities.

Restoring Ukraine

A separate block of negotiations concerns rebuilding destroyed Ukrainian cities and sources of funding for post-war reconstruction.

Frozen assets of Russia

Considerable attention is paid to the fate of frozen Russian assets in Europe. It is this issue that has caused disagreements between Ukraine's partners.

Disagreements between the US and the EU

As noted by Bild, There is currently no common approach between the US and the European Union:

• Some European countries are in favour of Direct use of frozen assets of the Russian Federation to help Ukraine;

• Washington, in turn, offers create a separate American recovery fund, The company has created a new fund to manage these funds.

Political deadline

According to the publication, unofficial deadline, to which the US President Donald Trump is keen to see a tangible result of the negotiations, is Christmas.