Russia's Putin announces Orthodox Easter ceasefire, Ukraine's Zelensky agrees
Putin's announcement was similar to a 30-hour ceasefire he ordered last year. Each side accused the other of violating it.
Putin's announcement was similar to a 30-hour ceasefire he ordered last year. Each side accused the other of violating it.
Two days of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia ended at a standstill. However, the delegations said they would meet again soon amidst mounting pressure from US President Donald Trump.
Russia's demands for proof come after five European countries said on Saturday that analyses of samples from Navalny's body had confirmed the presence of a lethal dart frog poison.
Russian news agencies quoted a source as saying that the first round was tense and took place in different bilateral and trilateral formats.
"(The talks) were very tense," the source told the agencies. "They lasted six hours. They agreed to continue tomorrow."
Nearly 200 buildings in the city were left without heating, and 10,000 consumers in the southeastern city of Dnipro were also left without heating.
As Russia’s defense budget grows, Estonia's foreign intelligence service urges Europe to rebuild its forces.
In the last five years, Russia has doubled its military spending and now has the third-largest defense budget in the world. The Kremlin's spending related to Ukraine reached nearly $137.9 billion.
Ukraine and Russia concluded two days of US-brokered peace talks in Abu Dhabi this week without a major breakthrough.
"We expect a response from the United States to the Russian strikes," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
"Europe surprised me a lot, because it is undermining the foundations of its existence by its own actions. It's just amazing," said Russia's Security Council deputy chairman, Dmitry Medvedev.