How could peace negotiations between Russia and Ukraine pan out and are they even a possibility right now? Conflict negotiator Oliver McTernan and former UK ambassador to Russia Sir Laurie Bristow discuss the likelihood of both countries coming to the table and what role the US presidential election could play. Today’s episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and James Waterhouse. The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Cordelia Hemming and Ivana Davidovic. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The assistant editor is Ben Mundy. Email Ukrainecast@bbc.co.uk with your questions and comments. You can also send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp, Signal or Telegram to +44 330 1239480 You can join the Ukrainecast discussion on Newscast’s Discord server here: tinyurl.com/ukrainecastdiscord
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It's 958 days since Russia began its full scale invasion of Ukraine.
The US presidential election is just four weeks away.
Now, US Vice President Kamala Harris has been speaking to Bill Whitaker on CBS News.
In the us.
Would you meet with President Vladimir Putin to negotiate a solution to the war in Ukraine?
Not bilaterally, without Ukraine, no.
Ukraine must have a say in the future of Ukraine.
Donald Trump, if he were President Putin, would be sitting in Kyiv right now.
He talks about, oh, he can end it on day one.
You know what that is?
It's about surrender.
And James, there is growing chatter, at least in Western media, about the potential for future peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Yeah, we're seeing the likes of the economists, the Washington Post, the Financial Times, calling for a change in strategy, in essence, getting Ukraine to agree to a frozen conflict line in exchange for security guarantees around NATO membership, perhaps.
And in giving it the military tools it needs to just hold the line.
It's gone down pretty badly in Ukraine, I bet.
The argument is the US won't go for it because it won't want to station NATO troops in Ukraine, such as the fear by Washington of direct confrontation.