The Early Days of the War in Ukraine

In March 2022, Russian and Ukrainian officials met in Istanbul for in person talks. The two sides agreed on a framework for a tentative deal that would have involved a Russian withdrawal in exchange for Ukrainian neutrality. In April 2022, Boris Johnson traveled to Kiev and he urged Zelensky not to negotiate with Russia. Naftali Bennett was trying to mediate between Putin and Zelensky also in March 2022 before the Istanbul talks. He said that the US and its allies blocked his mediation effort. This is from declassified UK Russian neo-Nazi fighting Putin was taught at a British far right camp.