China, US and Western Europe hold keys to war's course, Wanner says

The correspondent identifies outside powers as decisive while reporting little progress on territory or security guarantees at the Abu Dhabi talks.

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0:00Zelenskyy joins European leaders in Dublin as US envoys arrive in Moscow, the presenters report.
0:50Wanner identifies the Donbas territorial dispute as the main obstacle after limited progress in Abu Dhabi.
1:30Security guarantees for both sides and the future European security framework remain unresolved, Wanner says.
2:00Wanner says the US envoys will press Putin to include Western Europeans in negotiations.
3:51Asked how long fighting can continue, Wanner says its course depends heavily on China, America and Western Europe.

How long can the Ukraine war continue in its present form? Correspondent Christoph Wanner offers no deadline. His answer is that much depends on decisions by China, the United States and Western Europe, with the opposing positions deeply entrenched.

Speaking from Kyiv to Germany's WELT Nachrichtensender, Wanner reports that talks involving Ukraine, Russia and the United States in Abu Dhabi produced little progress. He identifies the territorial dispute over the Donbas, in eastern Ukraine, as the principal obstacle. A map highlights Donetsk and Luhansk as he explains the disagreement.

Territory is not the only unresolved issue. Wanner says security guarantees for both sides and the future organization of European security remain disputed. He characterizes Russian demands as absurd, an assessment that supplies the report's German headline.

The broadcast follows two parallel diplomatic tracks: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy joining European leaders in Dublin, and US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner arriving in Moscow. Wanner says the envoys' task includes briefing Russian President Vladimir Putin and pressing him to bring Western Europeans into the negotiating process.

Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022, escalating a conflict that had been underway since 2014. Against that background, Wanner's closing assessment shifts attention from the negotiating venues to the outside powers he considers crucial. He does not predict an end date or present the Moscow visit as a breakthrough.

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