Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly laid out conditions for ending the conflict in Ukraine, among them is a demand for a written pledge from Western leaders to stop enlarging NATO eastwards. 

Meanwhile, Germany’s Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, told Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky that Berlin will help Kyiv produce long-range missiles capable of striking targets deep inside Russia.

Joining the discussion: 

• Anton Fedyashin specializes in Russian and European history at American University.
• Vladimir Golstein is a Slavic Studies Professor at Brown University.
• Ulrich Brückner is the Jean Monnet Professor of European Studies at Stanford University in Berlin. 
• Sergiy Kudelia is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Baylor University.