Since the war began there have been few and unsuccessful attempts to achieve peace between Russia and Ukraine. The majority, at the beginning of the invasion when there was then, according to the experts, some opportunity.

The President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was participating in this negotiation, and both countries came with an agreement of maximums. “Ukraine does not renounce any part of its territorial integrity, and Russia does not renounce it after embarking on this type of operation,” explains José Ángel López, professor of International Law at Comillas ICADE University.

With the invasion underway and the weeks and months go by, reaching something similar to a small path at the beginning of peace becomes an increasingly distant utopia. “Not only do both sides believe they can win this war militarily, but those who support Ukraine also think it can be won,” says Pol Bargués, principal investigator at the Barcelona Center for International Affairs.

He role of the United Nations has also been decimatedprecisely because of its internal operating infrastructure. It is blocked by Russia itself and by China. Its room for maneuver is already limited to majorities in its United Nations Assembly such as the one held this Friday where 141 countries asked Russia to leave Ukraine.

“Conflicts do not have winners,” the Chinese ambassador began by putting on the table his peace proposal consisting of 12 points and convinces few. The US president, Joe Biden, is categorical about it: “I have not seen anything in the plan that indicates something that could be beneficial to someone other than Russia,” he said.

Nevertheless, Zelensky is encouraged to listen and stresses the importance of the Asian giant getting involved in the conflict, a country that, he says, has always respected territorial integrity and hopes that now it will help it respect its own.