U.S. and European officials have discussed with the Ukrainian government potential peace talks with Russia to end the war, a senior U.S. official and former U.S. official told NBC on condition of anonymity. .

The war in Ukraine, which has been going on for 21 months, has killed and injured hundreds of thousands of people and destroyed large areas of the country. It also triggered the deepest crisis in Moscow’s relations with the West since the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis.

NBC reported that the talks included very broad outlines of what Ukraine might have to give up in order to reach a deal. with Russia

The talks with Ukraine came amid official U.S. and European concerns that the war has reached a stalemate, as well as the West’s ability to continue providing aid to Ukraine, sources told NBC.

Currently, Russia controls approximately 17.5% of the internationally recognized territory of Ukraine. Moscow claims it was forced to launch a “special military operation” in Ukraine to respond to a hostile and aggressive West.

to use Kyiv to undermine Russia.

nonsense and that Moscow’s actions are an imperial-style land grab.

The Kremlin declares that it will achieve all goals in Ukraine. Kyiv says it wants to regain control of all territory occupied by Russia, including Crimea, annexed in 2014, and will not stop until every Russian soldier is expelled from its territory