Trump’s Deadline For A Deal Looms Over Expected Ukraine-Russia Peace Talks

Ukrainian and Russian delegations are expected to meet this week for peace talks, the third round in a series of negotiations that began on May 16 The first since US President Donald Trump threatened to impose new sanctions on Moscow if it doesn’t reach a deal with Kyiv by early September. Ukrainian President Zelensky has said the negotiations would be held in Istanbul on July 23. The Kremlin hasn’t confirmed the exact date, and Russian state news agency TASS cited an unnamed source as saying the talks would take place on July 24. The first two meetings, which lasted no…