The first face-to-face talks in two weeks between Russia and Ukraine began Tuesday in Turkey, raising flickering hopes there could be progress toward ending a war that has ground into a bloody campaign of attrition.
A longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin who has been sanctioned by Britain and the EU, the billionaire has been playing an unofficial mediating role. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Abramovich has been “ensuring certain contacts between the Russian and Ukrainian sides” and that his role was approved by both countries.
“We still have to fight, we have to endure,” Zelensky said in his nighttime video address to the nation. “This is a ruthless war against our nation, against our people, against our children.” A missile struck an oil depot in western Ukraine late Monday, the second attack on oil facilities in a region that has been spared the worst of the fighting. On Tuesday morning, an explosion blasted a hole in a nine-story administration building in Mykolaiv, a southern port city that Russia has unsuccessfully tried to capture.
Earlier Russia-Ukraine talks, held in person in Belarus or by video, failed to make progress on ending a more than month-long war that has killed thousands and driven more than 10 million Ukrainians from their homes — including almost 4 million from their country. Arriving in the town Monday shortly afterward, The Associated Press saw the bodies of two Russian soldiers lay abandoned in the woods and Russian tanks lay burned and twisted. A red “Z” marked a Russian truck, its windshield fractured, near stacked boxes of ammunition. Ukrainian forces piled atop a tank flashed victory signs. Dazed residents lined up amid charred buildings seeking aid.
— Russia has destroyed more than 60 religious buildings across the country in just over a month of war, with most of the damage concentrated near Kyiv and in the east, Ukraine’s military said in a post Tuesday.
Canada Latest News, Canada Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Ukraine, Russia hold new talks in Turkey aimed at ending the fightingThe first face-to-face talks in two weeks between Russia and Ukraine began Tuesday in Turkey, raising flickering hopes there could be progress toward ending a war that has ground into a bloody campaign of attrition.
Read more »
Putin doesn’t appear ready to make compromises ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace talks, U.S. official saysUkrainian officials played down the chances of a major breakthrough at the peace talks, which will be the first in more than two weeks
Read more »
’No handshake’ as Ukraine, Russia delegations meet for peace talks in TurkeyKyiv is seeking a ceasefire without compromising its territory or sovereignty
Read more »
Ukraine accuses Russia of ‘militarizing’ exclusion zone around Chernobyl power stationRussian forces transporting old and badly maintained weapons, creating a risk of damaging the containment vessel constructed around the station’s wrecked fourth reactor, Ukraine’s deputy PM says
Read more »
Zurich Insurance removes Z symbol after letter used to show support for Russia in Ukraine warLetter Z has been used as a marking on Russian military vehicles taking part in the conflict and has been adopted by Russians supporting the war
Read more »