With expectations for a major breakthrough low ahead of Friday’s meeting between Ukrainian and Russian diplomats in Turkey aimed at ending the now-three-year war started by dictator Vladimir Putin – who didn’t show up – you could accurately say they were met as AFP reports the meeting concluded after just 90 minutes and there’s a pretty slim chance of them resuming.
A Ukrainian source said the Russians derailed everything by making unrealistic territorial demands that Kyiv cede regions currently under occupation, areas which Ukraine is demanding be returned so you can kind of see how things might not have worked out at the meeting.