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Land is major sticking point in Ukraine-Russia peace talks

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VIDEO: Negotiators from Ukraine and Russia are now in Geneva, meeting for two days of U.S. mediated peace talks to focus on a main sticking point, land. U.S. President Donald Trump is pressing Kyiv and Moscow to act fast to reach a deal, to end Europe’s biggest war since 1945. Despite trump saying Monday “it’s going to be very easy,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is concerned his country is facing pressure to make significant concessions. Russia is demanding Ukraine cede the remaining 20 per cent of the eastern region of Donetsk that Moscow has failed to capture.