MOSCOW (Feb 16): The Kremlin said on Monday that what it called the "main issues", including sensitive questions of territory, would be discussed in peace talks on Ukraine due to be held in Geneva this week. The Kremlin confirmed that the Russian delegation would be led by Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin. "This time, the idea is to discuss a broader range of issues, including, in fact, the main ones. The main issues concern both the territories and everything else related to the demands we have put forward," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. US President Donald Trump has said he is keen to broker an end to a conflict he has called a senseless "bloodbath", though Russia and Ukraine remain far apart on key issues including territory, who controls the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, and the role of any Western troops in post-war Ukraine.

Source: The Edge Markets February 16, 2026 11:08 UTC