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Russia is open to peace with Ukraine but achieving its goals remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions. Peskov and other Russian officials have repeatedly rejected accusations from Kyiv and its Western partners of stalling peace talks. Meanwhile, …

Russian state news agency TASS reported that Moscow’s negotiating team confirmed receiving the invitation from Kyiv but said no date had been agreed on yet. Russian President Vladimir Putin has ignored calls from U.S. President Donald Trump to implement a ceasefire, while Kyiv has agreed to one on the condition that Russia stop its attacks on Ukraine. In the latest …

CNN  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he’s calling for a meeting with Russia next week to push forward ceasefire talks. Ukraine’s Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, Rustem Umerov, has already proposed the next meeting with the Russian side for next week, Zelensky said during his daily address on Saturday. “The dynamics of the negotiations …

Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a meeting between himself and Russia’s leader is the only way to ensure peace Ukraine has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a move aimed at restarting negotiations that halted last month. Senior security official Rustem Umerov has offered to meet the Russian side next …

Reuters Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a meeting between himself and Russia’s leader is the only way to ensure peace Ukraine has proposed a new round of peace talks with Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, in a move aimed at restarting negotiations that halted last month. Senior security official Rustem Umerov has offered to meet the Russian side next …

Kyiv CNN  —  US President Donald Trump’s 50-day pause ahead of possible secondary sanctions on Russia gifts the Kremlin a window to exploit the incremental gains of recent weeks, which analysts say increasingly put key Ukrainian strongholds in the east in peril. Russia is thought to be days or weeks away from surging into a heightened summer offensive, perhaps using …

The US president, Donald Trump, recently announced that Russia had 50 days to end its war in Ukraine. Otherwise it would face comprehensive secondary sanctions targeting countries that continued trading with Moscow. On July 15, when describing new measures that would impose 100% tariffs on any country buying Russian exports, Trump warned: “They are very biting. They are very significant. …

Russia Appears Unfazed by Trump’s Ukraine War Ultimatum  The New York Times Trump’s 50-day shift on Ukraine is a big deal — but probably not for Putin  CNN Trump threatens ‘very significant’ Russia sanctions, bashes ‘all talk’ Putin  Politico Russia rejects Trump’s demand for a Ukraine war ceasefire in 50 days as unacceptable  CBS News Opinion | Trump’s Zigzags on Ukraine and Russia  The New …

CNN  —  Moscow barreled hundreds of drones toward four key regions in Ukraine overnight, just as lawmakers in Kyiv scrambled to approve additional defense spending against the backdrop of intensified Russian attacks over the past few days. The Kremlin unleashed 400 long-range drones and one missile late Tuesday, according to Ukraine’s Air Force – in what marked largest onslaught so …

President Donald Trump’s ultimatum to Russia to accept a peace deal in Ukraine within 50 days or face bruising sanctions on its energy exports has given the Kremlin extra time to pursue its summer offensive. The dogged Ukrainian resistance, however, makes it unlikely that the Russian military will make any quick gains. President Vladimir Putin has declared repeatedly that any …