How the war in Ukraine could end
Post Reports
The Washington Post
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🗓️ 29 March 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
On today’s episode of Post Reports, we bring you the latest news from Istanbul, where Russian and Ukrainian delegates are negotiating a de-escalation of the war.
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After a day of talks in Istanbul, Russian and Ukrainian negotiators have laid out their terms for a potential end to the war.
Moscow has said it would “drastically reduce” military activity near Kyiv and Chernihiv “to increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations.”
Kyiv has proposed that countries such as Israel, Turkey and France “guarantee” Ukraine’s security in the future, in exchange for Kyiv’s neutrality and pledge not to host foreign military bases or forces — in other words, Kyiv would make a promise to not seek NATO membership.
Reporter Shane Harris describes the state of negotiations, and what a path to the end of the war could look like.
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| 0:00.0 | So, in Istanbul, we are seeing maybe the opening signs of a breakthrough here after more than |
| 0:08.2 | a month of war. |
| 0:12.6 | That is Shane Harris. |
| 0:13.6 | He covers intelligence and national security for the post. |
| 0:17.3 | Negotiators from Ukraine and from Russia have been meeting. |
| 0:21.0 | They've had days of talks. |
| 0:23.1 | And as we are speaking on Tuesday, Moscow has said that it is willing to, in its words, |
| 0:28.2 | drastically reduce military activity near Kiev, the capital, in order to, quote, |
| 0:33.8 | increase mutual trust and create the necessary conditions for further negotiations, which |
| 0:39.8 | sounds promising. |
| 0:41.4 | Members of the Ukrainian delegation have said that they are proposing that countries, |
| 0:45.5 | including Israel, Turkey and France, would guarantee Ukraine security in the future, and |
| 0:49.6 | in exchange, Kiev would pledge neutrality and not to host foreign military bases or forces |
| 0:56.8 | on its territory. |
| 0:59.0 | So there might be a way out of this, but the balance of world power is not going to go |
| 1:04.8 | back to the way it was before. |
| 1:06.9 | And that is the question underlying these negotiations. |
| 1:10.7 | What will that balance of power look like? |
| 1:16.6 | From the newsroom of the Washington Post, this is Post Reports. |
| 1:19.9 | I'm Martin Powers. |
| 1:21.8 | It's Tuesday, March 29. |
| 1:24.0 | For the first time in more than a month of war, it seems like there could be movement |
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