From May 2022 until direct talks resumed in Istanbul in May 2025, Russia-Ukraine negotiations on major political and settlement issues were dormant, apart from discussions over discrete matters like prisoner exchanges and the grain deal.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent sources corroborate the timeline of negotiation breakdown in May 2022 and the lack of substantive resumption through 2024, with only discrete humanitarian arrangements continuing.
Sources
- The Long War in Ukraine, With Samuel Charap and Miranda Priebe (cfr.org)
- https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/ukraine/2022/05/ukraine-220518-pdo02.htm (globalsecurity.org)
- https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/?p=1598936 (newsinfo.inquirer.net)
- https://cambridgepeace.org/projects/ukraine/negotiation-news/ (cambridgepeace.org)