Russia and Germany meet at UN, but peace looks unlikely

Top diplomats from Russia and Germany held rare talks, but experts say Moscow still has no interest in ending the war.

For the first time since the war in Ukraine started, top diplomats from Germany and Russia have sat down to talk. They met at the United Nations in New York. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock spoke with her Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov. The goal was to tell Russia to stop the dangerous fighting. However, it does not seem like the talk led to any big changes. Leaders across Europe are skeptical. They say that Russia is not actually trying to reach a peaceful deal. Instead, they think Russia is just using these meetings to mock the process. Friedrich Merz, a top German politici…