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Talks break in Geneva with no end to Russia’s war or hard-line demands

18/02/2026 15:01 Washington Post

After two hours of talks in Geneva on Wednesday, the head of the Russian delegation, Vladimir Medinsky, said negotiations had been “difficult but businesslike.”

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