3 h. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv repatriates more bodies of fallen soldiers amid major exchange with Russia

Ukraine says return in line with deal reached in Turkey while Russia hands over 1,200 bodies; Moscow claims capture of another Sumy village. What we know on day 1,207Ukraine has repatriated more bodies of fallen soldiers in accordance with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul, Ukrainian officials said Friday. Ukraine’s Coordination Headquarters for the Treatment of Prisoners of War said Russia had returned 1,200 bodies, and “according to the Russian side, the bodies belong to Ukrainian citizens, in particular military personnel”. The repatriation of the bodies was carried out with the help of Ukraine’s armed forces, the country’s security service, the interior ministry and other government agencies, its statement said. Forensic experts would now work to identify the remains. The repatriation marks one of the war’s largest returns of remains.Russia says its forces have captured another village in Ukraine’s north-eastern Sumy region amid its ramped-up offensive there. M...

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13 h. ago Ukraine repatriates more bodies of fallen soldiers in line with an agreement with Russia

Ukrainian officials say Ukraine has repatriated another 1,200 bodies in line with an agreement reached during peace talks in Istanbul between Russian and Ukrainian delegations

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9 d. ago Putin tells Trump Russia ‘will have to respond’ to Ukraine drone attack

US president says phone call with Russian leader won’t lead to ‘immediate peace’ as Moscow rules out ceasefireDonald Trump has spoken for more than an hour with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, but he conceded the talks would not lead “to immediate peace” in Ukraine, and warned that Russia would respond to Ukraine’s successful attacks this week on its airfields.The US president, who repeatedly claimed he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours during his election campaign, did not attempt to discourage the Russian leader from retaliation, according to his description of the discussion on his Truth Social platform. He noted instead that Putin had offered to participate in US talks with Iran about its nuclear programme, which Trump claimed Tehran had been “slowwalking”. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Trump makes shocking admission about Ukraine peace talks after call with Putin

Donald Trump announced on Truth Social that he spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin, but acknowledged peace with Ukraine is not on the immediate horizon. 

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1 week ago Zelensky launched a string of daring raids against Russia. He’s proving to Trump that Ukraine has the cards after all

Zelensky’s dramatic military strike deep inside Russia may have changed Trump’s perception of Putin as a ‘winner’ — with the U.S. president uncharacteristically quiet, write Richard Hall and Andrew Feinberg.

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1 week ago What Putin and Zelensky’s meeting in 2019 tells us about the fate of peace talks

Even though neither leader met in the Istanbul summits, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky have met before

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1 week ago 'Victory' over Ukraine not compromise peace is what Russia wants, says Putin ally hitting hopes of war end

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev also vows ‘retribution’ for Kyiv’s attacks on strategic bomber bases

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1 week ago Russia strikes Ukrainian port city of Odesa just hours after peace talks

A Russian overnight strike in the city of Odesa on Tuesday (3 June) has injured four people and caused significant damage.

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1 week ago Russia wants 'victory' over Ukraine not compromise peace, says Putin ally hitting hopes of war end

Senior Russian security official Dmitry Medvedev also vows ‘retribution’ for Kyiv’s attacks on strategic bomber bases

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1 week ago Ukraine war live: deadly Russian attacks continue after Turkey peace talks end with no significant breakthrough

Officials say Russian shelling killed at least five people in different frontline areas of eastern Ukraine on MondayHere is a quick recap of the outcomes of the talks in Istanbul, which ended much sooner than was anticipated, having lasted barely an hour.Russia presented terms during the negotiations that highlighted its refusal to compromise on its longstanding war goals. A text of Moscow’s memorandum, published by Russian state media, said a settlement would require international recognition of Crimea and four other regions of Ukraine that Moscow has claimed as its own territory, as well as the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces. It also ruled out Ukrainian membership of Nato and demanded recognising Russian as the country’s official language.Russia’s memorandum presented two options that both appeared to be non-starters for Ukraine. Option one: for Ukraine to start a full military withdrawal from the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. Option two: Ukraine to cease mil...

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1 week ago Ukraine war briefing: Deadly Russian shelling continues after Turkey peace talks

Zelenskyy says ‘no one cares’ if Putin is angry after hidden drones hit bomber fleet; Russians want truce to collect dead soldiers. What we know on day 1,196 Continue reading...

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1 week ago Russia continues to reject an unconditional ceasefire says Ukraine after peace talks

The second round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine lasted just over an hour

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1 week ago Watch live: Zelensky and Rutte hold press conference as Ukraine and Russia peace talks take place

Watch live as Volodymyr Zelensky and Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte address the media following a round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia.

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1 week ago Putin plots revenge for 'Russia's black day': Tyrant poised to axe spymasters after strike on nuclear bombers was launched from warehouse beside intelligence HQ

As peace talks got underway in Istanbul, Ukraine followed up its Operation Spiderweb success with a series of new overnight assaults on Russian military targets

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1 week ago Ukraine delegation arrives in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials following drone attack in Siberia – Russia

Second round of peace talks follows Kyiv drone attack on Russian air bases A Ukrainian delegation has arrived in Istanbul for talks with Russian officials with a meeting planned for Monday afternoon, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s foreign ministry said.The two sides are set to hold their second round of direct peace talks since 2022, but are still far apart on how to end the war amid an increase in fighting.Ukraine said on Sunday it had destroyed Russian bombers worth billions of dollars as far away as Siberia, in its longest-range assault of the war. In a spectacular claim, Ukraine said it had damaged $7bn worth of Russian aircraft parked at four airbases thousands of kilometres (miles) away, with unverified video footage showing aircraft engulfed in flames and black smoke. A source in the Ukrainian security services (SBU) said the strikes hit 41 planes that were used to “bomb Ukrainian villages”.Several Russian and Ukrainian media outlets reported that Ukraine had carried out the ...

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1 week ago Ukraine and Russia exchange massive air strikes ahead of peace talks

Zelenskyy says he will send delegation to Turkey after accusing Putin of trying to sabotage talks

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1 week ago Russia says blasts led to deadly train crashes in regions bordering Ukraine on eve of peace talks

Investigators say blasts caused two bridges to collapse, triggering derailments and at least seven deathsRussian investigators said on Sunday they believed “explosions” had caused two bridges in the border regions of Kursk and Bryansk to collapse overnight, derailing trains, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens.In Bryansk, which borders Ukraine, a road bridge collapsed on to a railway line late on Saturday, derailing a passenger train heading to Moscow and killing at least seven people. A rail bridge in neighbouring Kursk also collapsed overnight, derailing a freight train and injuring the driver, officials said. Kursk also borders Ukraine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Ukraine says it's ready to resume talks with Russia but needs clarity on Kremlin's terms

A Ukraine presidential adviser says Ukraine is ready to resume direct peace talks with Russia in Istanbul on Monday but insists that the Kremlin provide a promised memorandum setting out its position on ending the war

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2 w. ago Russia and Ukraine in spat over proposed June peace talks after Trump pushes deadline on Putin

The Kremlin said Kyiv’s calls for Russia to release its ceasefire memorandum before talks in June were ‘non-constructive’

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2 w. ago Ukraine war briefing: Kremlin holds back peace memorandum that it promised Trump

Zelenskyy says Moscow dragging out the process as Lavrov insists on another meeting; funeral for three sibling children killed by Russian cruise missile. What we know on day 1,191Ukraine has submitted its peace terms and insisted Russia do the same before further talks, which the Kremlin has demanded take place next Monday in Turkey. “We are not opposed to further meetings with the Russians and are awaiting their memorandum,” said the Ukrainian defence minister, Rustem Umerov. “The Russian side has at least four more days before their departure to provide us with their document for review. Diplomacy must be substantive, and the next meeting must yield results.”Russia’s foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, said instead that a Russian team “is ready to present a memorandum to the Ukrainian delegation and provide the necessary explanations during a second round of direct talks in Istanbul on Monday, 2 June”. The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Wednesday called for Moscow to engage i...

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