2025-10-31
25 分钟It's 1,345 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
and for months we've been talking about political efforts to end the war both in public and behind the scenes.
But as European leaders prepared to revisit proposals for a ceasefire this week,
Volodymyr Zelensky characterised their discussions as a plan merely to begin diplomacy.
Really,
his Ukrainian president spelled out so concisely his belief that Russia is yet to come to the table in good faith.
A position recent evidence suggests Donald Trump tends to share.
And following those surprise US sanctions,
the EU had been expected to finally move to mobilise €140 billion worth of frozen Russian assets in the form of a so-called reparations loan.
But Belgium, which controls the bulk of the funds,
seemingly got cold feet and a decision has been postponed until December.
So can renewed energy behind the campaign to reach a ceasefire,
reap any rewards without further economic pressure being applied on Moscow?
As always,
plenty of you have been in touch and will be answering all of your questions with our expert panel on this episode of Ukrainecast.
Ukraine costs from BBC News.
This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack.
We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible.
Russia is not preparing for peace.
We are an enemy of NATO.