US has ways to pressure Russia ‘to negotiate in good faith’

We have more from Yuriy Sak, the ex-Ukrainian defence ministry adviser, who said there will be a point in time when Russia “will have no other choice but to join the negotiating process in good faith and be serious about it”.

“When that moment comes, we need to have this bridge – this diplomatic process – alive and operational,” Sak told Al Jazeera.

He said the war’s impact on the Russian economy, coupled with the military situation on the ground, are some of the factors that will push Moscow to that point.

Sak added that US President Donald Trump’s administration also has more tools at its disposal to pressure the Russian government, which “will force Russia to negotiate in good faith”.