The meeting between Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul has ended – with few outcomes. The demands presented by Russia were, according to Ukraine, unreasonable. Europe and the USA are preparing new sanctions against Russia following the meeting.
ConflictsDemands for a ceasefire are met with counter-demands, ultimatum after ultimatum, and both Russia and Ukraine anxiously follow every hint from the USA. But Vladimir Putin's goal with the invasion remains firm, emphasizes FOI analyst Johan Norberg.
ConflictsVladimir Putin says he hopes not to have to resort to nuclear weapons against Ukraine. As he sees it, the war of invasion is heading towards a "logical conclusion". Reconciliation with Ukraine is inevitable, it's just a matter of time, he says according to excerpts from a longer interview with propaganda TV.
ConflictsDozens of people were injured in new Russian attacks on the metropolis of Kharkiv, according to local Ukrainian authorities. Elsewhere, deaths are being reported. Ukraine is said to have attacked the Russian port city of Novorossiysk in turn.
ConflictsDonald Trump "believes" that Ukraine's leader Volodymyr Zelenskyj is ready to give up the Crimea peninsula annexed by Russia. This emerged when Trump spoke to reporters on Sunday night.
World politicsAfter Donald Trump's increasing impatience with Russia and Ukraine, USA's Foreign Minister Marco Rubio says that the coming week can be "very critical" regarding the efforts to stop the war.
ConflictsVolodymyr Zelenskyj is said to have presented a counter-proposal to Donald Trump's criticized peace plan when the two presidents met in Rome on Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials to The New York Times.
World politicsA "symbolic" meeting that "can become historic". This is how Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyj describes the conversation with his American colleague Donald Trump at the Pope's funeral in Rome.
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