Russia has said it is unlikely to agree to a peace deal despite fresh ceasefire negotiations with Ukraine this week.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: “There is no reason to expect any breakthroughs in the category of miracles - it is hardly possible in the current situation.”
The third round of talks are set to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday after previous summits n May and June failed to yield any results.
“We intend to pursue our interests, we intend to ensure our interests and fulfil the tasks that we set for ourselves from the very beginning,” Mr Peskov said.
Meanwhile, Russia is driving hard to break through at eastern and northeastern points on the 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line. It is also firing upwards of 700 drones a night at Ukrainian cities.
On Tuesday, Russian troops killed three people, including a 10-year-old boy, in overnight drone and missile attacks.
The civilians were killed in Donetsk, including a child in Kramatorsk, after Russia launched 42 drones, including Iranian-made Shaheds, on Tuesday morning, according to officials.
At least 26 drones were shot down, and seven more were lost or suppressed by electronic warfare systems. Around 24 people were injured.
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Key Points
- Zelensky offers to meet Putin as Russia casts doubt on peace talks
- Three people killed in overnight Russian drone and missile strike
- Zelensky says third round of peace talks planned for tomorrow in Turkey
- Russia confirms peace talks will take place tomorrow
- Ukraine gears for American Patriot missiles as Germany and Switzerland step up
How the EU aims to put the squeeze on the Russian economy with new sanctions package
Tuesday 22 July 2025 15:30
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Alexander Butler
Ukraine allies looking for solutions in EU on Patriots, German minister says
Tuesday 22 July 2025 15:00
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Alexander Butler
Ukraine's allies are looking to see whether some member states in the European Union could supply Ukraine with five Patriot missile defence systems, of which Germany is willing to finance two, Germany's defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.
Pistorius said Germany would have been willing to give two of its own systems to Ukraine but needed reassurance that it could replace them within six to eight months.
"We are now looking for solutions that will allow us to identify Patriot systems in member states in Europe," he said.
"So, it's not hopeless, but the prerequisite is that countries that have them are prepared to hand them over now so that others can pay for them and they can go to Ukraine," he added.
Recap: Zelensky offers to meet Putin as Russia casts doubt on peace talks
Tuesday 22 July 2025 14:45
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Alexander Butler
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his call to meet Vladimir Putin face to face as Russia cast doubt on fresh peace talks being held this week.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine was working to “prepare a leaders' meeting aimed at truly bringing this war to an end”, as the Kremlin said it did not expect any breakthroughs from fresh negotiations being held in Istanbul on Wednesday.
“Our position is fully transparent. Ukraine never wanted this war, and it is Russia that must end the war that it started,” the Ukrainian president said.
In May, Mr Zelensky challenged the Russian leader to meet him, saying he would be waiting in Turkey for him “personally”.
But on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia was unlikely to agree to a peace deal and would continue “pursuing our interests”.
Recap: 'Don't expect miracles' from peace talks, says Kremlin
Tuesday 22 July 2025 14:18
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Alexander Butler
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there was no basis to expect miracles from a proposed third round of direct Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, and declined to give any time frame for a potential agreement to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to hold another round of peace talks in Turkey this week, and that he wants to speed up negotiations for a ceasefire.
“There is no reason to expect any breakthroughs in the category of miracles - it is hardly possible in the current situation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
“We intend to pursue our interests, we intend to ensure our interests and fulfil the tasks that we set for ourselves from the very beginning.”
Asked if he could give a sense of how the Kremlin saw the potential time frame of a possible peace agreement, Mr Peskov said he could give no guidance on timing.
“There is a lot of work to be done before we can talk about the possibility of some top-level meetings," Mr Peskov added, a day after Zelenskiy renewed a call for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russian attacks in Ukraine kill a child and wound 24 before planned direct peace talks
Tuesday 22 July 2025 13:57
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Alexander Butler
Russian attack damages gas facilities: Naftogaz
Tuesday 22 July 2025 13:45
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Steffie Banatvala
Ukraine's state energy firm Naftogaz has said a Russian drone attack damaged its facilities overnight.
“This is another massive attack on gas production infrastructure. Such attacks occur regularly. These objects are of no military significance,” the company's CEO, Sergii Koretski, said on Facebook.
Moldova's pro-Russian parties unite
Tuesday 22 July 2025 13:30
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Steffie Banatvala
Four pro-Russian parties in Moldova have said they will form a bloc in order to secure victory in September's parliamentary election and beat the current pro-European government.
The vote, scheduled for September 28, could see President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity unable to secure a majority in the ex-Soviet state lying between Ukraine and Romania.
The bloc will merge the Party of Socialists, headed by former president Igor Dodon, the Heart of Moldova and Future of Moldova parties, as well as the Communist Party.
“We are in favour of re-establishing strategic ties with Russia. We want peace, not war ... Our bloc will put an end to foreign interests and NATO,” Dodon said.
Putin is living on borrowed time – and this is when the clock stops ticking
Tuesday 22 July 2025 13:00
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Alexander Butler
Watch: Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories as Putin ramps up weapon production to pound Ukraine
Tuesday 22 July 2025 12:45
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Alexander Butler
Zelensky offers to meet Putin as Russia casts doubt on peace talks
Tuesday 22 July 2025 12:09
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Alexander Butler
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has renewed his call to meet Vladimir Putin face to face as Russia cast doubt on fresh peace talks being held this week.
Mr Zelensky said Ukraine was working to “prepare a leaders' meeting aimed at truly bringing this war to an end”, as the Kremlin said it did not expect any breakthroughs from fresh negotiations being held in Istanbul on Wednesday.
“Our position is fully transparent. Ukraine never wanted this war, and it is Russia that must end the war that it started,” the Ukrainian president said.
In May, Mr Zelensky challenged the Russian leader to meet him, saying he would be waiting in Turkey for him “personally”.
But on Tuesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia was unlikely to agree to a peace deal and would continue “pursuing our interests”.
'Don't expect miracles' from peace talks, says Kremlin
Tuesday 22 July 2025 11:15
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Alexander Butler
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that there was no basis to expect miracles from a proposed third round of direct Russian-Ukrainian peace talks, and declined to give any time frame for a potential agreement to end the war.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that Kyiv has sent Moscow an offer to hold another round of peace talks in Turkey this week, and that he wants to speed up negotiations for a ceasefire.
“There is no reason to expect any breakthroughs in the category of miracles - it is hardly possible in the current situation,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
“We intend to pursue our interests, we intend to ensure our interests and fulfil the tasks that we set for ourselves from the very beginning.”
Asked if he could give a sense of how the Kremlin saw the potential time frame of a possible peace agreement, Mr Peskov said he could give no guidance on timing.
“There is a lot of work to be done before we can talk about the possibility of some top-level meetings," Mr Peskov added, a day after Zelenskiy renewed a call for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A concert in Italy by Russian conductor Gergiev is canceled after protests
Tuesday 22 July 2025 10:52
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Alexander Butler
‘Putin wants us to panic’: How Russia has amped up its aerial strikes on Ukraine
Tuesday 22 July 2025 10:30
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Alexander Butler
Russia slaps sanctions on EU officials
Tuesday 22 July 2025 10:15
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Alexander Butler
Russia has 'significantly expanded' the list of sanctioned EU officials in response to new EU sanctions adopted in May and July 2025, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
The ministry did not specify who exactly was on the expanded list. The officials on the list will be banned from entering Russia.
Three people killed in overnight Russian drone and missile strike
Tuesday 22 July 2025 10:02
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Alexander Butler
Russian troops killed three people, including a 10-year-old boy, in overnight drone and missile attacks just a day before peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow.
The civilians were killed in Donetsk, including a child in Kramatorsk, after Russia launched 42 drones, including Iranian-made Shaheds, on Tuesday morning, according to officials.
At least 26 drones were shot down, and seven more were lost or suppressed by electronic warfare systems. Around 24 people were injured.
A third round of ceasefire negotiations is set to take place in Istanbul, Turkey, on Wednesday, after previous talks in May and June failed to yield any results.
Putin is living on borrowed time – and this is when the clock stops ticking - can we have a post on this and add in related articles
Tuesday 22 July 2025 09:30
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Alexander Butler
Pictured: Residents inspect damage after a Russian drone strike on Odesa
Tuesday 22 July 2025 09:20
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Alexander Butler
Pictured: Ukrainian troops prepare reconnaissance drones
Tuesday 22 July 2025 09:10
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Alexander Butler
Watch: Inside Russia’s suicide drone factories as Putin ramps up weapon production to pound Ukraine
Tuesday 22 July 2025 08:50
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Alexander Butler
Ukraine needs at least £89bn for defence next year
Tuesday 22 July 2025 08:28
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Alexander Butler
Ukraine needs $120bn (£89) for defence next year, Ukrainian defence minister Denys Shmyhal said.
Negotiations are ongoing with NATO and EU members as Ukraine seeks $60 billion (£44.5bn) in funding from partners, he added.
Russia launches dozens of Iranian-made Shahed drones in overnight attack
Tuesday 22 July 2025 08:23
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Alexander Butler
Russia launched 42 drones, including Iranian-made Shaheds, at Ukraine in an overnight attack.
They were fired from Primorsko-Akhtarsk, Russia, and Hvardiiske, Crimea, Kyiv officials said.
Around 26 Shahed drones were shot down over southern and eastern Ukraine, while seven other targets were lost or jammed by electronic warfare systems.
Next set of Ukraine-Russia peace talks planned for tomorrow in Turkey, says Zelensky
Tuesday 22 July 2025 08:01
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Arpan Rai
The next set of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia is planned for tomorrow in Turkey, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky quoted the head of Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council as saying yesterday.
"Today I discussed with Rustem Umerov the preparation for a prisoner exchange and another meeting with the Russian side in Turkey," Mr Zelensky said in his nightly video address.
"Umerov reported that the meeting is planned for Wednesday. More details will follow tomorrow,” he said.
10-year-old boy killed in Russian strikes overnight, says PM
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:46
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Arpan Rai
Another night of terror across Ukraine, as Russians continued to pour missiles and drones onto our civilian population. Among the victims are children.
— Yulia Svyrydenko (@Svyrydenko_Y) July 22, 2025
In Kramatorsk, a 10-year-old boy was killed by a Russian air bomb.
In Odesa and Sumy, residential buildings were targeted.… pic.twitter.com/k3fD4PzDgF
10-year-old boy killed in Russian strikes overnight, says PM
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:46
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Arpan Rai
One child was killed in overnight Russian attacks as swarms of drones continued to strike cities in Ukraine, officials said.
“Another night of terror across Ukraine, as Russians continued to pour missiles and drones onto our civilian population. Among the victims are children. In Kramatorsk, a 10-year-old boy was killed by a Russian air bomb,” Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X this morning.
She added: “In Odesa and Sumy, residential buildings were targeted. Ukraine is ramping up domestic weapons production and strengthening its air defenses.”
Russia batters Ukraine with more drones in a single night than it did during some entire months in 2024, and analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate.
On 8 July, Russia unleashed more than 700 drones — a record. Some experts say that number could soon top 1,000 a day.
Russia could make drone force its own military branch
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:36
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Arpan Rai
Russia has sharply increased its drone output and appears to keep ramping it up.
Initially importing Shahed drones from Iran early in the three and a half year-old war, Russia has boosted its domestic production and upgraded the original design.
The Russian defence ministry says it's turning its drone force into a separate military branch. It also has established a dedicated centre for improving drone tactics and better training for those flying them.
President Vladimir Putin has endorsed the ministry's proposal to make drones a separate branch of the armed forces, dubbed the Unmanned Systems Troops.
Along the more than 1,000km(600-mile) frontline, short-range attack drones have become prolific and transformed the fighting, quickly spotting and targeting troops and weapons within a 10-kilometer (6-mile) kill zone.
Russian drone units initially were set on the initiative of midlevel commanders and often relied on equipment purchased with private donations. Once drones became available in big numbers, the military moved last fall to put those units under a single command.
Russia has increasingly focused on battlefield drones that use thin fiber optic cables, making them immune to jamming and have an extended range of 25 kilometres (over 15 miles). It also has set up Rubicon, a centre to train drone operators and develop the best tactics.
Such fibre optic drones used by both sides can venture deeper into rear areas, targeting supply, support and command structures that until recently were deemed safe.
Michael Kofman, a military expert with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, said the Russian advancements have raised new defensive challenges for Ukraine.
"The Ukrainian military has to evolve ways of protecting the rear, entrenching at a much greater depth," Mr Kofman said in a recent podcast.
Putin is living on borrowed time – and this is when the clock stops ticking
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:11
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Arpan Rai
Vladimir Putin is living on borrowed time – at least if Donald Trump keeps his word and follows through on the threat he made last week to crash Russia’s economy if there is no ceasefire within 50 days.
Over the last three years, 18 announcements of European Union sanctions have failed to make much of an economic dent in the Kremlin’s war machine. That is because, despite its rhetoric around support for Ukraine, Europe still keeps the money flooding into Moscow. Russia is still its third-largest supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG), and it increased its imports from Russia by 25 per cent in 2024.
If Trump went ahead and imposed his threatened secondary sanctions on countries importing Russian oil, gas and uranium – a customer list headed by China, India, and the EU itself – then Putin would quickly find himself running out of money.
Owen Matthews looks at why he is ignoring the threats and what could really stop him in his tracks:
Ukraine’s allies stand at ‘moment of maximum opportunity’, Healey says
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:05
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine and its allies stand at a moment of “maximum opportunity” to bolster Kyiv for negotiations to end the war, John Healey has said.
The defence secretary said the UK and other allies must use Donald Trump’s 50-day ultimatum to Vladimir Putin to start a “50-day drive” to arm Ukraine ahead of any talks, to strengthen its hand against Russia.
Speaking at the 29th meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group (UDCG), Mr Healey told allies gathered from 52 nations: “This is a moment of maximum opportunity.
“Last week, president Trump announced a new plan for large scale Nato weapons transfers, and committed to getting these, he said, quickly distributed to the battlefield.
“The UK backs this policy. We will play our full part in its success.”
Mr Healey added: “Alongside this new agreement to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself, president Trump also started the clock on a 50-day deadline for Putin to agree to peace or to face crippling economic sanctions.
“And as members of this UDCG, we need to step up, in turn, a 50-day drive to arm Ukraine on the battlefield and to help push Putin to the negotiating table.”
Zelensky names new ambassadors during Ukraine political shakeup
Tuesday 22 July 2025 07:01
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Arpan Rai
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky appointed over a dozen new ambassadors on Monday, during a big shakeup that has seen him replace top cabinet officials and envoys to shore up relations with Washington and isolate Russia internationally.
The new envoys named on Monday include ambassadors to Nato members Belgium, Canada, Estonia and Spain, as well as major donor Japan and regional heavyweights South Africa and the United Arab Emirates.
Mr Zelensky launched a major government reshuffle last week, promoting Yulia Svyrydenko, 39, who had served as economy minister and is well known in Washington, to head the cabinet as prime minister.
Deputy prime minister Olha Stefanishyna is set to become Ukraine's new envoy to the United States, as Ukraine seeks to mend ties with the Trump administration.
In remarks to the diplomatic corps released by his office, Zelensky said envoys needed to support "everything that causes Russia pain for its war".
"While the content of our relationship with America has transformed following the change in administration, the goal remains unchanged: Ukraine must withstand Russia's strikes," Zelensky said.
‘Putin wants us to panic’: How Russia has amped up its aerial strikes on Ukraine
Tuesday 22 July 2025 06:47
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Arpan Rai
Russia’s aerial strikes on Ukraine have massively increased since June, with intense peaks. Figures show that the six most concentrated attacks have taken place in the past month.
Putin’s forces have launched 5,402 drones and missiles against Ukraine so far this month, with the pace of attacks surging sharply in recent weeks, according to figures from Ukraine’s air force.
The deadliest single day attack came on 9 July, when Moscow fired 741 drones and missiles. This was followed by other intense barrages, including 623 on 12 July and 550 on 4 July.
While the number of strikes dipped mid-month with just 35 reported on 18 July and 64 on 17 July, the pace has picked up again over the past week, with 330 weapons fired on Saturday and a further 450 on Sunday.
Bryony Gooch and Jabed Ahmed report:
Ukraine conducts widespread searches and arrests of anti-corruption officials
Tuesday 22 July 2025 06:44
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Arpan Rai
Ukrainian security services arrested officials from the country's main anti-corruption agency yesterday and conducted dozens of searches, in a crackdown that the agency said went too far and had effectively shut down its entire mission.
The SBU security body said it had arrested one official at the National Anti-corruption Bureau of Ukraine as a suspected Russian spy and another over suspected business ties to Russia. Other Nabu officials had ties to a fugitive Ukrainian politician's banned party, the SBU said.
But Nabu, which has embarrassed senior government officials with corruption allegations, said the crackdown went beyond state security issues to cover unrelated allegations such as years-old traffic accidents.
Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International said the searches showed that the authorities were exerting "massive pressure" on Ukraine's corruption fighters.
Nabu said at least 70 searches had been conducted by various Ukrainian law enforcement and security agencies in connection with 15 of its employees, and that these had taken place without the approval of a court.
"In the vast majority of cases, the grounds for these actions are the involvement of individuals in road traffic accidents," the statement said, although it also added that some of the cases were about links to Russia.
Although the risk of Russian infiltration "remained relevant", this could not be a justification to "halt the work of the entire institution", it said in a statement.
Ukraine gears for American Patriot missiles as Germany and Switzerland step up
Tuesday 22 July 2025 05:58
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Arpan Rai
Germany said it had offered to finance two new Patriot systems for Ukraine and raised the possibility of supplying systems it already owned and having them replaced by the US.
But delivery could take time, German chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested, because "they have to be transported, they have to be set up; that is not a question of hours, it is a question of days, perhaps weeks".
Other Patriot systems could come thanks to Switzerland, whose defence ministry said on Thursday it was informed by the US defence department that it would "reprioritise the delivery" of five previously ordered systems to support Ukraine.
While Ukraine waits for Patriots, a senior Nato official says the alliance is still coordinating the delivery of other military aid — such as ammunition and artillery rounds — which includes briefly paused supplies from the US. The official spoke to AP on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
Russia launches major aerial attack on Kyiv hours before talks
Tuesday 22 July 2025 05:40
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Arpan Rai
Russia carried out one of the largest aerial assaults of recent months on Ukraine hours before Britain and Germany chaired a meeting to discuss US president Donald Trump's plans for Nato allies to provide Kyiv with weapons.
The drone and missile attack on the capital Kyiv killed two people and wounded 15, including a 12-year-old, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said.
A drone struck the entrance to a subway station in the Shevchenkivskyi district where people had taken cover. Videos posted on social media showed the station platform engulfed by smoke, with dozens of people inside. The heaviest strikes hit the city's Darnytskyi district, where a kindergarten, a supermarket and warehouse facilities caught fire.
French foreign minister Jean-Noel Barrot, who arrived in Kyiv on Monday for talks with Mr Zelensky, visited some of the damaged areas.
The assault underscored the urgency of Ukraine's need for further Western military aid, especially to boost air defence, a week after Mr Trump said deliveries would arrive in Ukraine within days.
Putin ‘open to peace’ despite intensifying bombardment of Ukraine
Tuesday 22 July 2025 05:20
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Arpan Rai
Vladimir Putin is open to peace after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky suggested fresh ceasefire talks, Moscow said.
Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said the Russian president was ready to negotiate, but that Russia remained committed to “achieving its goals”.
It comes after Mr Zelensky offered Moscow another round of peace talks for this week, saying he wanted to speed up ending the conflict, following US president Donald Trump’s 50-day deadline of ceasefire or sanctions.
A look at previous talks between Ukraine and Russia to end war
Tuesday 22 July 2025 05:09
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Arpan Rai
Ukraine and Russia held two rounds of talks in Istanbul on 16 May and 2 June that led to the exchange of thousands of prisoners of war and the remains of dead soldiers.
But they have made no breakthrough so far towards a ceasefire or a settlement to end almost three and a half years of war.
The Kremlin says Ukraine must abandon four regions it insists have been incorporated into Russia.
Ukraine has backed US calls for an immediate ceasefire. Moscow says certain arrangements must be put in place before a ceasefire can be introduced.
Russian president Vladimir Putin, who is under increasing pressure from US president Donald Trump to show progress towards ending the conflict, turned down a previous challenge from Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky to meet him in person.
The growing pressure comes as Mr Trump said last week he would impose new sanctions in 50 days on Russia and countries that buy its exports if there is no deal before then to end the conflict.
UK targets 135 Russian 'shadow fleet' tankers with fresh sanctions
Tuesday 22 July 2025 04:44
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Arpan Rai
Britain imposed new sanctions on Russia's so-called "shadow fleet", targeting 135 oil tankers along with two Russian firms, shipping company Intershipping Services LLC and oil trader Litasco Middle East DMCC.
The oil tankers are critical to Russia's energy and oil sectors, with the British government saying they form part of the fleet responsible for carrying $24bn worth of cargo since the start of 2024.
Foreign minister David Lammy said the new sanctions would further "dismantle" Russian President Vladimir Putin's so-called "shadow fleet and drain Russia's war chest of its critical oil revenues".
The government said Intershipping Services LLC is responsible for registering vessels under the Gabonese flag, enabling them to transport up to $10bn worth of goods annually on behalf of the Russian state.
Sanctions were also imposed on Litasco Middle East DMCC for its continued role in shipping large volumes of Russian oil, the government said.
The Russian embassy in London did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on the latest sanctions.
Moscow has previously called Western sanctions illegal and said they destabilise global energy markets.
On Friday, the European Union agreed an 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, including measures aimed at dealing further blows to the Russian oil and energy industry.
As part of that, the EU and Britain set out plans to lower the crude oil price cap from $60 per barrel to $47.60 to disrupt Russia's oil revenues.
Western defence chiefs hold Ukraine meeting
Tuesday 22 July 2025 04:41
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Arpan Rai
The virtual meeting of high-level military officials yesterday was led by British defence secretary John Healey and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius.
US defence secretary Pete Hegseth and Nato leader Mark Rutte, as well as Nato's Supreme Allied Commander Europe, Gen Alexus Grynkewich, attended the meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group.
Moscow has intensified its long-range attacks on Ukrainian cities, and analysts say the barrages are likely to escalate as Russian drone production expands.
Ukraine's new defence minister Denys Shmyhal urged allies to speed up deliveries of American air defence systems under the plan put forward by the US president Donald Trump.
"I request the US to make these weapons available for purchase, and our European partners to extend all the needed financing for their procurement," Mr Shmyhal, who until recently served as prime minister, said as the meeting began.
At yesterday’s meeting, Mr Healey was expected to urge Ukraine's Western partners to launch a "50-day drive" to get Kyiv the weapons it needs to fight Russia's bigger army and force Russian president Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table, the UK government said in a statement.
Nato's Grynkewich told The Associated Press on Thursday that "preparations are underway" for weapons transfers to Ukraine while US ambassador to Nato Matthew Whitaker said he couldn't give a time frame.
Mr Trump's arms plan, announced a week ago, involves European nations sending American weapons, including Patriot air defence missile systems, to Ukraine via Nato — either from existing stockpiles or buying and donating new ones.
In an shift of tone toward Russia, Mr Trump last week gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions.
Russia confirms peace talks will take place tomorrow
Tuesday 22 July 2025 04:35
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Arpan Rai
Officials in Russia have said peace talks for Ukraine war will take place in Turkey tomorrow, Russia's state Tass news agency quoted a source.
The RIA news agency, also quoting a source, said they would take place over two days, Thursday and Friday.
The Kremlin said it was waiting for confirmation of
