Ukraine’s Daily Struggle: Four Years On, Peace Feels Distant
As Ukraine nears four years of conflict, daily routines revolve around air-raid alerts, power cuts and stalled peace talks—survival now means keeping the lights on and the heater running.
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As Ukraine nears four years of conflict, daily routines revolve around air-raid alerts, power cuts and stalled peace talks—survival now means keeping the lights on and the heater running.
On Dec. 25, 2025, Deputy FM Ryabkov said Ukraine’s peace plan is “radically different” from the Moscow-Washington draft. Zelenskyy calls for a 60-day ceasefire and a public referendum.
Moscow is reviewing a 20-point US-Ukraine peace plan that offers Kyiv limited gains on territory and drops NATO renunciation, while Russia’s hardline stance keeps talks tense.
President Putin says Russia is ready to end the conflict in Ukraine if root causes are addressed, but territorial talks remain off the table.
At the OSCE Council, Kyiv insists on ‘real peace, not appeasement’, as stalled talks with Russia collide with fresh clashes on the ground.
Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet Ukrainian negotiators in Miami today to discuss Russia’s demands after Moscow talks fell short.
On Dec 2, 2025, Putin met U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner for over four hours in the Kremlin, hashing out U.S. and European peace proposals to bring an end to the Ukraine war.
European leaders reject any Ukraine peace deal without Ukrainians and Europe at the negotiating table, as a Trump envoy heads to Moscow.
U.S. and Ukrainian officials met in Florida on Nov. 30, 2025, to finalize a peace framework ahead of U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Moscow to meet President Putin.
Okinawa’s Kunio Aragaki warns that Japan’s rising militarization under PM Sanae Takaichi risks provoking the Chinese mainland. He calls for dialogue and peaceful resolution to ease regional tensions.