With the death toll climbing in Ukraine from Putin’s military advances, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on Monday for a fourth round of talks with Russia — in hopes of getting an agreement to safely evacuate civilians. Delegations from both sides have been meeting on the Belarus border, and a meeting last week of high-level Ukraine and Russia officials in Turkey resulted in an impasse. Why have ceasefire talks between Russia and Ukraine yielded little results so far? What options do US and Western allies have to respond as more civilians are killed in Putin’s continuing attack on Ukraine? Host Marco Werman speaks to Özgür Ünlühisarcıklı, director of the Ankara office at the German Marshall Fund.
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