Russia and Ukraine formally resume bilateral peace talks under US mediation.
Talks remain deadlocked over territorial control and security guarantees despite diplomatic signals. It resolves positively if officially recognized bilateral negotiations resume.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel thinks this is unlikely: the median is 32%.
They do not agree: GPT puts it at 63% and Grok at 22%, 41 points apart. A spread that wide usually means the question turns on something none of them can see yet.
Nothing is settled until 29 Apr 2027, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
What each one said
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GPTOpenAI
A US-backed format needs Kyiv and Moscow to accept a limited agenda before territory and guarantees can be settled.
- Both governments must authorize named delegations; Washington can convene them, but cannot compel concessions on occupied territory.
- Past direct talks in Belarus and Istanbul began amid war, so a formal restart is easier than reaching a treaty over the next six months.
- A durable ceasefire or a major shift in US aid policy would sharply raise the chance of an announced negotiating track.
63% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Hinges on whether US pressure plus war attrition forces both sides back to a formal negotiating track within 18 months.
- Multiple rounds of US-brokered contacts (Istanbul, Witkoff shuttle diplomacy) already occurred in 2025, showing precedent for renewed formal talks.
- Long 18-month window gives ample time for battlefield shifts, leadership changes, or ceasefire pressure to force renewed formal negotiations.
- Core obstacles—territorial disputes and security guarantees—remain unresolved and could keep talks informal or stalled rather than 'officially recognized' bilateral…
62% -
QwenAlibaba
Turns on whether US pressure can overcome both sides' domestic red lines on territory within six months.
- Trump admin has pushed negotiations since Jan 2025 but neither Kyiv nor Moscow has accepted preconditions compatible with the other's minimum demands on occupied…
- Formal bilateral talks (à la Istanbul March 2022) require both leaders to publicly commit to a process whose outcome they cannot control—a high bar given Zelensky's…
- A major battlefield shift or leadership change in either capital would be the most likely catalyst to break the deadlock; absent that, back-channel contacts are more…
37% -
GeminiGoogle
Formal direct talks require Moscow to drop maximalist aims and Kyiv to accept mediation from an unpredictable Trump administration.
- Moscow resists direct parity talks with Kyiv under US mediation, preferring either broad bilateral talks with Washington or neutral hosts like Turkey.
- Zelenskyy remains politically and legally constrained against conceding territory without ironclad US or NATO security guarantees.
- A collapse in frontline defense or severe US aid cutoff by mid-2027 would force formal direct talks faster than current stalemate dynamics.
26% -
GrokxAI
Putin and Zelensky must both accept a US-brokered table despite frozen territorial red lines.
- US must deliver a format both capitals publicly endorse by April 2027; neither has incentive without battlefield or leadership shock.
- Historic rate of formal resumption after multi-year deadlock (Korea, Syria, Donbas 2015-22) is ~15% in six-month windows.
- A sudden Ukrainian front collapse or verified Putin incapacity would be the clearest upward revision.
22% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Only Putin and Zelensky can authorize direct talks, and neither has moved off maximalist territorial terms.
- Russia demands recognition of annexed territory; Ukraine refuses to negotiate under ultimatum, so no joint format has cleared since Istanbul 2022.
- US mediation under Trump has produced summits and phone calls but no formal bilateral track, and the 2026 US election cycle further crowds the agenda.
- Base rate for deadlocked wars resuming formal talks within ~18 months is low; a battlefield stalemate or a US-brokered partial ceasefire is the likeliest trigger.
22%
6 of 6 models answered · 41 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
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