Russia-US talks on Ukraine peace plan ‘constructive’ but ‘no compromise’ reached on territory, says Kremlin

Jonathan Beale
Defence correspondent, in eastern Ukraine

Image source, Reuters

Meanwhile, as diplomatic efforts continue in Dublin and Moscow, the war rumbles on in Ukraine.

Until last
month, the trains were still running in the Donetsk region, but they’re not
anymore as Russia advances.

On the platforms soldiers and civilians mingle, waiting for the next train to take
them out of danger.

Oleksandr is among the many trying to flee west, and he thinks its time to make a deal: “Russia’s
demands are probably unacceptable for us, but I don’t know… maybe personally, I
would already agree to those terms”.

Oleksandr is
uncertain whether he’ll ever return. Like many others he’s already making plans
to settle elsewhere.

Yevheniy and his wife Maryna have just arrived from Kramatorsk, along with their two children. She tells me there are “more drones now”.

“It’s getting harder and harder to even go outside. Everything is dangerous,” she says. “Even going to the shop, you might not come back.”