Troubled Ukraine Peace Accords Get Fresh Push in Russia Tension

Diplomats to meet under Normandy Format Thursday in Berlin
Implementing accords has largely stalled amid finger-pointing

Ukrainian forces arrive in an armored personnel carrier during an urban combat training exercise organized by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, in the abandoned city of Pripyat, Ukraine, on Feb. 4.Photographer: Ethan Swope/Bloomberg

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By Marc Champion and Ania Nussbaum

February 10, 2022 at 5:22 AM UTC

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With Western leaders in a whirl of shuttle diplomacy seeking to defuse tensions with Russia, a push to revive peace accords for Ukraine after years of inaction is gathering some tentative momentum.

Whether France and Germany can unlock the process in a way that is acceptable to the Kremlin remains uncertain. It could also place Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskiy under intense political pressure at home and abroad.