By Olena Harmash and Yuliia Dysa KYIV (Reuters) -President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday Ukraine was ready for talks with Russia “in any format” once a ceasefire is set, while the Financial Times reported President Vladimir Putin had offered to halt Russia’s invasion at the current front lines. Both sides are trying to demonstrate progress …
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MOSCOW (Reuters) -Shells exploded at a military base east of Moscow on Tuesday, injuring four people and prompting the evacuation of about 450 people, the regional governor said. Alexander Avdeev, governor of Vladimir Region, wrote on Telegram that ammunition had caught fire and shells had exploded at a storage area of the base in the …
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MOSCOW/WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump’s envoy, Steve Witkoff, will visit Moscow this week for a new round of talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about the war in Ukraine, the White House said on Tuesday. Witkoff has previously held three long meetings with Putin on prospects for an end to the war in …
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli government shared and then deleted a social media post offering condolences over the death of Pope Francis, without saying why, though an Israeli newspaper linked the decision to the late pontiff’s criticism of the war in Gaza. The verified @Israel account had posted on Monday a message on social media …
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(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has offered to halt his invasion of Ukraine across the current front line as part of efforts to reach a peace deal with U.S. President Donald Trump, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday citing people familiar with the matter. Putin told Steve Witkoff, Trump’s special envoy, during a meeting …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is proposing to recognize Russia’s illegal annexation of Crimea and freeze the war’s front lines as part of a peace agreement, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday, citing several people familiar with deliberations. The U.S. proposals were presented to Ukraine in Paris last week, according to the Post. (Reporting …
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(Reuters) -Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Tuesday of standing in the way of negotiations on a moratorium on attacking civilian targets, as the warring sides jockey for the favour of a Trump administration that has threatened to abandon peace efforts. Both sides are under pressure to demonstrate progress towards ending the war in …
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By Nidal al-Mughrabi CAIRO (Reuters) – The Israeli military launched one of the biggest waves of strikes in Gaza for weeks on Tuesday, residents said, and health officials issued a new warning that healthcare faced total collapse from Israel’s blockade of all supplies. Gaza’s health ministry said a U.N.-backed polio vaccination campaign meant to target …
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The European Union and the United States can work out a deal on trade but they may need to do have some “serious” and “tedious” negotiations on some sectors, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday. “I’m sure that there can be a dialogue,” Lagarde said on CNBC. “There might be …
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By Joshua McElwee and Crispian Balmer VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis’ funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter’s Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that will draw leaders from around the world. Francis, 88, died on Monday after suffering a stroke and cardiac arrest, ending …
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