Russia-Ukraine: How will the war end?

An explosion in an apartment building that came under fire in the besieged city of Mariupol [File: Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo]

As the human and economic toll of the war in Ukraine mounts, efforts to reach a negotiated settlement have intensified.

Over the weekend, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, who last week travelled to Moscow and Kyiv, expressed optimism about the progress of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials. In an interview to Turkish daily Hürriyet, he said there was “convergence on the two countries’ positions on the critical issues”.