Putin’s Motives, Risks, And Potential Rewards In Rejecting Zelenskyy’s Call For Talks – Analysis

By Steve Gutterman

(RFE/RL) -- For a while in the whirlwind of diplomacy this week over the Kremlin's war on Ukraine, it seemed like Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had gotten the better of his adversary.

After Russian President Vladimir Putin responded to calls from Kyiv and the West for a 30-day truce by...