Late Thursday, the Russian Ministry of Defence confirmed that the Russian Black Sea flagship the Moskva had sunk after a fire was triggered by an unconfirmed cause. There is no independent confirmation of what happened amidst the sea of Ukrainian propaganda, which was quick to claim Kiev’s forces had struck …
Read More »Moscow puts pressure on peace talks with ‘public statements’, Kiev claims
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mikhail Podolyak on Tuesday accused Russia of putting pressure on the peace talks process through making “certain public statements.” The remarks came after Russian President Vladimir Putin admitted the talks had run into a “deadlock.” “Negotiations are extremely difficult. Online in working subgroups. But they go on. …
Read More »Russia-Ukraine peace talks ‘deadlocked’ – Putin
Kiev has gone back on the tentative agreements made between the Ukrainian and Russian negotiating teams in Istanbul in late March, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said. According to Putin, the peace talks have now “returned to a deadlock”. Ukraine has refused to recognize Crimea as Russian and the Donbass …
Read More »Nobel Peace Prize laureate attacked with paint
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov, the most recent Nobel Peace Prize laureate, says two men doused him with red paint as he traveled on a train departing Moscow late on Thursday. The chief editor of the liberal newspaper Novaya Gazeta shared photos of his paint-splattered compartment and said his eyes were …
Read More »Ukraine’s neighbor wants to play major part in peace talks
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko says that Minsk must have a place at the negotiating table during the Russia-Ukraine talks. Lukashenko said that there was a war at the doorstep of his country during the Security Council meeting on Thursday. Open hostilities broke out in Ukraine after Moscow attacked the state …
Read More »West working to disrupt Ukraine peace talks – Russia
Russia believes the West is enabling ‘hysteria’ around the alleged mass killings in the Ukrainian town of Bucha to derail the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed on Tuesday. The purported events in the town, which he referred to as a ‘provocation,’ have been introduced …
Read More »Zelensky can offer Russia sanctions relief for peace, US says
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky got a green light from Washington to offer Russia relief from international sanctions in exchange for ending its military offensive against the former Soviet republic. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken opened the door to such an offer on Sunday, confirming in an NBC News interview …
Read More »Russia comments on Ukraine peace deal status
There’s been some progress in the peace talks between Moscow and Kiev, but the draft deal isn’t yet ready to be submitted for a meeting at the highest level, Vladimir Medinsky, who heads the team of Russian negotiators, has said. “The Ukrainian side has become more realistic in its approach …
Read More »Zelensky rejected peace offer days before Russian offensive – WSJ
German chancellor Olaf Scholz had offered Volodymyr Zelensky a chance for peace just days before the launch of the Russian military offensive, but the Ukrainian president turned it down, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has reported. Scholz had made what the US outlet described as “one last push for a …
Read More »Highlights from Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Turkey
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