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May 23, 2022

Zelensky Says War "Will Only Definitively End Through Diplomacy"
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This comes as Ukrainian officials give conflicting accounts on the state
of negotiations with Russia to end the three-month-long war as Russia
intensifies its attack in the eastern Donbas region. On Saturday,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signaled talks could resume soon,
saying fighting "will only definitively end through diplomacy."
Meanwhile, one of Zelensky's top aides has ruled out more talks until
Russia leaves Ukraine and gives up all land seized. In other news on the
war, a Russian soldier has been sentenced to life in prison in Ukraine
in the first war crimes trial since the invasion. Meanwhile, Russia has
cut off gas exports to Finland days after Finland and Sweden formally
requested NATO membership.


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