The Russian authorities are not interested in genuine peace talks or a swift end to the war and continue to pursue a course aimed at eliminating Ukraine’s sovereignty, according to a report from the US-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

Since last sitting down with Ukraine to talk peace, Russia has launched four of its five largest drone attacks against the country, killed more than 340 of its civilians and continued to peddle its false narrative about the unprovoked war it has been waging for more than a decade.