Russia is pushing back hard against a new attempt to reach a peace deal. Vladimir Putin’s war aims and demands on Ukraine remain unchanged, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the first round of talks.
ConflictsUkraine has launched an offensive in Tatarstan, Russian authorities say, reporting a fire at one of Russia’s largest petrochemical plants.
ConflictsEurope's negotiating team is clear: Five major countries and the EU will represent Europe in talks on Ukraine's future. Sweden supports a broad line-up, says Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson (M).
World politicsA man who worked with the pro-Russian government of former Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych has been injured in a car bomb attack in Moscow, Russian media report.
ConflictsRussia is raising the alarm over large-scale Ukrainian drone attacks that have killed people in several parts of the country. Ukraine was also attacked overnight.
ConflictsA new humanitarian operation similar to the limited ceasefire in Oleshky - and no Western soldiers in Ukraine. That is what Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed to US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner at a meeting in Moscow. Kushner and Witkoff traveled to Dublin after the Kremlin meeting for talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders.
World politicsSince Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, fruitless peace talks have followed one another. It is highly unlikely that the ongoing talks in Abu Dhabi will lead anywhere, according to Ukraine expert Fredrik Wesslau. Putin can benefit from continuing this negotiating theater even if it does not result in an agreement.
ConflictsAn American soldier has been arrested in England on suspicion of espionage linked to Russia, British police say.
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