‘Don’t Expect a Magical Breakthrough:’ Russia Downplays Upcoming Talks with Ukraine

The Kremlin spokesman said there is little chance that upcoming talks between Russia and Ukraine will end the war. 

"Let’s be honest: the issue of a Ukrainian settlement is so complicated that even reaching agreements on prisoner exchanges or the return of bodies is already a success," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "We have no reason to expect any magical breakthroughs - such outcomes are hardly likely in the current situation."

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy . . .