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Russia said on Tuesday that it would significantly scale back its military activity around Kyiv and Chernihiv. Ukraine delivered a proposal for accepting a ...

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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators made no "breakthroughs" in Tuesday's peace talks, the Kremlin has said. "What is positive is that the Ukrainian side has at ...

Ukraine said it had proposed to become a neutral state in exchange for security guarantees. They kept attacking only civilian infrastructure," the governor said. But there was no aviation tonight." Until now we had not managed to achieve that," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. None of the military buildings were targeted last night. "Chernihiv still has no electricity, water supply and heat.

Jacob was taken off a bus by Russian soldiers and held in jail in the Russian-controlled Crimean city of Simferopol.

Earlier in the interview, Jacob explained that he had been stopped at a checkpoint and was held for 10 days. "So they thought that I was like the legend." "They thought that you might be a spy," Lemon said.

Addressing some of the most pressing questions about the Russia-Ukraine war, from how it started to how it might end.

The result of all of this is a balancing act reminiscent of India’s Cold War approach of “non-alignment”: refusing to side with either the Russian or American positions while attempting to maintain decent relations with both. But most analysts believe that neither of these is especially likely given the way the war has played out to date. All signs point to Russia waking a sleeping giant — of creating a powerful military and economic enemy in the heart of the European continent. The majority of countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America do not support the invasion, but won’t do very much to punish Russia for it either. There’s a notable amount of debate among Chinese policy experts and in the public, with some analysts publicly advocating that Beijing adopt a more neutral line on the conflict. After Putin announced the launch of his “special military operation” in Ukraine on national television, there was a surprising amount of criticism from high-profile Russians — figures ranging from billionaires to athletes to social media influencers. They are defending their homes and their families from an unprovoked invasion, led by a charismatic leader who has made a personal stand in Kyiv. Ukrainian high morale is a key reason, in addition to advanced Western armaments, that the defenders have dramatically outperformed expectations. This plan fell apart within the first 48 hours of the war when early operations like an airborne assault on the Hostomel airport ended in disaster, forcing Russian generals to develop a new strategy on the fly. Beginning in March 2021, Russian forces began deploying to the Ukrainian border in larger and larger numbers. But while the immediate cause of Putin’s shift on Ukraine is not clear, the nature of that shift is. The Ukrainian uprising against Yanukovych — called the “Euromaidan” movement because they were pro-EU protests that most prominently took place in Kyiv’s Maidan square — represented to Russia a threat not just to its influence over Ukraine but to the very survival of Putin’s regime. It is a comprehensive guide to understanding what is happening in Ukraine and why it matters.

The U.S. said Ukraine's capital Kyiv remains under threat even after Russia promised to scale back military operations there.

▻ A meeting between President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin is possible only after a significant de-escalation in Ukraine, White House ...

Ukraine and Russia together produce 30% of the world's wheat supply. Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed his invasion sought only the "demilitarization and de-Nazification" of Ukraine. But according to Kyslytsya, Russian forces have lost over 17,000 military personnel, over 1,700 armored vehicles and almost 600 tanks in the invasion. The funds should be deposited in a bank to Ukraine "to make an immediate impact and make Russia pay for what has been done," Estonian Foreign Minister Eva-Maria Liimets said Wednesday. USA TODAY rides with Ukrainians in a convoy out of their war-ravaged homeland, crossing the border to Moldova. Some will stay there, hoping for a quick end to the war and a safe return home. Salam Aldeen, 39, drives one of the buses taking women and children to safety. Aldeen is also the founder of the international rescue nonprofit Team Humanity, which organized the convoy. "Crimea is part of the Russian Federation," Peskove said. The official, who spoke to the Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Wednesday to discuss the recently declassified intelligence finding, said Putin has felt misled by the Russian military and there is now tension between him and his military leaders. Who has stated that the parties have advanced?" "No one has stated that the parties have advanced. He said social media postings by representatives of Ukraine, including those not involved in the talks, do not contribute to successful negotiations. Russia will likely continue to compensate for its reduced ground-force capability "through mass artillery and missile strikes," the assessment says.

Peace talks are expected to resume as Ukraine and the West warn Moscow may be preparing a major offensive.

“It does not mean that the threat to Kyiv is over.” What you are giving us is what we fought for’.” “Of course, we see the risks. “Ukrainians are not naive people,” Zelenskyy continued. But those signals don’t silence the explosions of Russian shells,” Zelenskyy said. “Physically we haven’t seen any movements.