Kyiv
CNN
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Much has happened this week, but what failed to transpire is the more telling.
The first direct talks between Ukraine and Russia should have heralded a new era of diplomacy towards solving Europe’s largest conflict since World War II. Instead, their context, brevity and limited outcomeprovided skeptics with more reasons to doubt Moscow wants peace.
The three conclusions – a prisoner swap, further talks about their presidents meeting, and both sides composing their vision of a future ceasefire – sound like progress.
But prisoner swaps occur regularly, Ukraine has already said it wants an immediate and unconditional…
