Ukraine summit: A path to peace?

Ukraine aimed to seize the initiative through diplomacy - with some success, says the BBC's Sarah Rainsford.

British Broadcasting CorporationWatchRegisterSign InHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveHomeNewsIsrael-Gaza WarWar in UkraineUK General ElectionUS & CanadaUKUK PoliticsEnglandN. IrelandN. Ireland PoliticsScotlandScotland PoliticsWalesWales PoliticsAfricaAsiaChinaIndiaAustraliaEuropeLatin AmericaMiddle EastIn PicturesBBC VerifySportBusinessFuture of BusinessTechnology of BusinessWork CultureInnovationTechnologyScience & HealthArtificial IntelligenceCultureFilm & TVMusicArt & DesignStyleBooksEntertainment NewsTravelDestinationsAfricaAntarcticaAsiaAustralia and PacificCaribbean & BermudaCentral AmericaEuropeMiddle EastNorth AmericaSouth AmericaWorld’s TableCulture & ExperiencesAdventuresThe SpeciaListEarthNatural WondersWeather & ScienceClimate SolutionsSustainable BusinessGreen LivingVideoLiveLive NewsLive SportHomeNewsSportBusinessInnovationCultureTravelEarthVideoLiveAudioWeatherNewslettersWill Ukraine summit be a path to peace?9 hours agoBy Sarah Rainsford, Eastern Europe correspondentShareEPAFor two days the whir of propellers broke the peace of a Swiss mountainside, all in the cause of peace in Ukraine.

The helicopters were carrying world leaders and delegations to a summit called to sketch out a path towards ending Russia’s war on its neighbour.

It was Kyiv’s chance to battle the full-scale invasion with full-scale diplomacy, as Volodymyr Zelensky put it, and get as broad support as possible for a peace plan shaped by Ukraine.

Ultimately the idea is to present that plan to Russia with such international consensus behind it, Moscow has no alternative but to accept.

But that point, if it's ever possible, still looks a very long way off.

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