'Difficult' peace talks spotlight Putin's chief negotiator and Ukraine antagonist

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting in Moscow on Feb. 11.

Russia and Ukraine don’t agree on much, but both sides left the latest round of U.S.-led peace talks Wednesday describing the negotiations as “difficult.”Moscow — and increasingly President Donald Trump — have blamed Ukraine for the absence of a deal, while Kyiv argues it is instead the Kremlin that is stalling Russia and Ukraine don’t agree on much, but both sides left the latest round of U.S.-led peace talks Wednesday describing the negotiations as “difficult.”Moscow — and increasingly President Donald Trump — have blamed Ukraine for the absence of a deal, while Kyiv argues it is instead the Kremlin that is stalling