A Pivotal Week for Russia-Ukraine Peace Talks

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was at the Elysee Palace in Paris on December 1 for talks with his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, kicking off another week of intense diplomacy aimed at ending nearly four years of fighting in Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion. The visit, aimed at finding “conditions for a just and lasting peace,” came a day after talks in Florida between US and Ukrainian delegations that both sides praised as productive without providing further details. After the Paris meeting, Zelenskyy said the two…