Russia has stated it’s open to peace with Ukraine however insists attaining its targets stays a precedence, days after Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to comply with a ceasefire or face more durable sanctions. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia’s calls for on Sunday, together with Ukraine withdrawing from Russia-annexed areas and abandoning its Nato aspirations – phrases that Kyiv and its allies have rejected. “The principle factor for us is to realize our targets,” Peskov instructed state TV. “Our targets are clear.”
Ukrainian officers proposed a new round of peace talks this week, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated on Saturday, whereas Russian state media stated on Sunday that no date had but been set for the negotiations however Istanbul would in all probability stay the host metropolis. Every week in the past Trump, the US president, threatened Russia with “extreme tariffs” except a peace deal was reached inside 50 days and introduced a rejuvenated pipeline for US weapons to reach Ukraine amid his frustration at unsuccessful talks to finish the struggle.
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital on Monday killed at the least one particular person and left a store and a faculty on hearth, metropolis officers stated. 4 districts of Kyiv had been attacked, with stories of burning residential buildings, a kiosk and a kindergarten, mayor Vitali Klitschko stated on Telegram. The doorway to the Lukyanivska metro station was additionally broken, he added.
Russia’s largest oil producer Rosneft has condemned European Union sanctions on India’s Nayara Power refinery as unjustified and unlawful, saying the restrictions instantly threatened India’s vitality safety. The EU’s 18th package of sanctions towards Russia over Ukraine was permitted on Friday and is geared toward additional hitting Russia’s oil and vitality business. Rosneft stated on Sunday it held lower than 50% in Nayara – one of many focused firms – and known as the EU’s justification for the sanctions “far-fetched and false in context”. The EU overseas coverage chief, Kaja Kallas, has stated the sanctions bundle is likely one of the strongest but towards Russia and “we’ll hold elevating the prices, so stopping the aggression turns into the one path ahead for Moscow”.
Two ladies had been injured in southern Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia area when a drone struck their home on Sunday, based on the regional army administration. Two extra civilians had been injured within the north-eastern Kharkiv province after a drone slammed right into a residential constructing, native Ukrainian officers stated.
Drones struck a leafy sq. within the centre of Sumy in a while Sunday, wounding a girl and her seven-year-old son, officers stated. The strike additionally broken an influence line, leaving about 100 households with out electrical energy, based on Serhii Krivosheienko of the municipal army administration.
Ukraine’s air pressure stated it shot down 18 of 57 Shahed-type and decoy drones launched by Russia in a single day into Sunday, with seven extra disappearing from radar. Russia’s defence ministry stated its forces shot down 93 Ukrainian drones focusing on Russian territory in a single day, together with at the least 15 that appeared to go for Moscow.
Ten extra Ukrainian drones had been downed on the method to the Russian capital on Sunday, based on mayor Sergei Sobyanin. He stated one drone struck a residential constructing in Zelenograd, on Moscow’s outskirts, damaging an residence however inflicting no casualties.
