While expectations were already low for the Geneva round of trilateral negotiations between Russia, Ukraine, and the United States, they ended unceremoniously with Russian lead negotiator Dmitry Medinsky walking out less than two hours into the second day of talks. Although no party has yet clarified what prompted the abrupt end of discussions, the most likely reason was Russian recalcitrance towards Ukraine’s unwillingness to agree to territorial concessions in the Donbas region. This has been