focusing on the donbas region, after attempts to capture the capital failed. ukrainian and russian officials are meeting in turk why this morning, for another round of cease-fire talks. according to four anonymous sources who spoke with the financial times, the latest draft the the deal saw russia drop several core demands it made when the war first began. those include calling for the quote denazi-fication, and demillization of ukraine's government and legal protection for the russian language in ukraine. russia is also reportedly prepared to let ukraine join the european union if its military remains neutral. in exchange, sources say ukraine would have to abandon a push for nato membership, which we note, among those at the negotiating table today is a russian oligarch roman abramovich the