High casualties and economic trouble signal time is no longer on Russia’s side, but Moscow isn’t backing off political and territorial demands to weaken Ukraine.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations are meeting in Geneva for U.S.-brokered talks although both sides are far apart on issues such as land, security and a possible ceasefire. The head of

Representatives of Ukraine and Russia will meet in Geneva ⁠on ⁠Tuesday and Wednesday for a fresh round ⁠of U.S.-mediated peace talks that the Kremlin says are likely to focus on land, the ​main sticking point.

The talks are expected to cover a wider range of issues than at the previous Abu Dhabi meeting, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.