US President Donald Trump said that both Russia and Ukraine want to reach a settlement to end the ongoing conflict, asserting that efforts to broker a deal were "reasonably close," even as he pointed to deep hostility between the leadership of the two countries.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warned that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine could stoke a global food crisis hitting the developing countries the hardest.
Firat Sunel is the Ambassador of Turkey to India. A graduate of Istanbul University, he obtained an LLM from Bochum Ruhr University in Germany. He is the author of three novels, one of which was adapted into a TV series. Sunel served his country at various diplomatic missions before his appointment as Ambassador to India in May 2021.
Ukraine will not exchange its territories for a peace deal with Russia, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported, citing Mykhailo Podolyak, a member of the Ukrainian delegation to the peace talks with Russia.
The conflict must "end for the sake of the people of Ukraine, Russia, and the entire world...the cycle of death, destruction, dislocation and disruption must stop."
