Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the biggest European conflict since World War Two
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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators began face-to-face talks in Istanbul on Tuesday. The two sides were welcomed by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan who urged them to “put an end to this tragedy”
The new round of talks comes after the Russian army said it would begin focusing on eastern Ukraine in a move some analysts saw as a scaling back of Moscow’s ambitions.
Russia’s month-old invasion of Ukraine, the biggest European conflict since World War Two, has seen over 3.8 million Ukrainians flee abroad, left thousands dead or injured and isolated Russia’s economy.
Here are the LIVE updates on the Ukraine-Russia War:
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A Russian strike hit the regional government building in the southern Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a key port city that has been under heavy assault for weeks, the regional governor said Tuesday.
“The regional administration building was hit,” governor Vitaly Kim wrote on Facebook. He said that most people inside the building “escaped miraculously” but several civilians and soldiers were unaccounted for.
Talks between Ukraine and Russia began in Turkey on Tuesday without a handshake, Ukrainian television reported.
“There was a cold welcome, no handshake,” a Ukrainian reporter said, without making clear whether he had witnessed the delegations meeting or had been told this by officials.
Talks between Ukraine and Russia began in Turkey on Tuesday without a handshake, Ukrainian television reported.
“There was a cold welcome, no handshake,” a Ukrainian reporter said, without making clear whether he had witnessed the delegations meeting or had been told this by officials.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had destroyed a large fuel depot in Ukraine’s Rivne region with cruise missiles on Monday evening, the Interfax news agency reported.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan told Russian and Ukrainian delegations due to resume face-to-face talks on Tuesday that “both parties have legitimate concerns.”
The talks were due to kick off shortly at the Dolmabahce palace in Istanbul to try and end a war has killed an estimated 20,000 people and forced more than 10 million from their homes.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that he has been in “very close contact” with India and other countries including Turkey, China and Israel on mediation efforts towards bringing an end to the war in Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a military offensive against Ukraine on February 24.
Russia poses significant threat to Kyiv through their strike capability even though Ukrainian forces continue localised counter attacks to the north west of the city, British military intelligence said on Tuesday.
Russian forces have maintained their offensive on Mariupol with continuous heavy shelling of the city, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement. “However the centre of the city remains under Ukrainian control.”
Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich and Ukrainian negotiators were targets of a suspected poison attack, potentially by Moscow hardliners seeking to sabotage peace talks, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Ukrainian forces recaptured a key Kyiv suburb and desperately clung onto control of the besieged city of Mariupol, as negotiators prepared to meet Russian counterparts for face-to-face talks in Istanbul Tuesday.
Troops “liberated” the suburban town of Irpin, Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky said, wresting a key gateway to the capital’s northwest from Russian control.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov told PBS in an interview on Monday that Russia would resort to nuclear weapons only in the case of a “threat to the existence” of his country – and not as a result of the current conflict with Ukraine.
Ukraine said its top objective at the first face-to-face talks with Russia in over two weeks, due to take place in Turkey on Tuesday, is to secure a ceasefire, although both it and the United States were skeptical of a major breakthrough.
The more than month-long invasion, the biggest attack on a European nation since World War Two, has seen over 3.8 million people flee abroad, left thousands dead or injured, and has brought isolation to Russia’s economy and tumult to markets.