On Dec. 27, both Russia and Ukraine issued calls for ending the war in Ukraine, but only on non-negotiable terms that they each know the other side will reject.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba proposed a "peace summit" in February to be chaired by UN Secretary General António Guterres, but with the precondition that Russia must first face prosecution for war crimes in an international court. On the other side, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov issued a chilling ultimatum that Ukraine must accept Russia's terms for peace or "the issue will be decided by the Russian Army."
