Moscow is prepared to resume nuclear arms control talks with the United States, Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu told state media, more than two years after suspending participation in the last major arms treaty between the two countries.

“The Trump administration is currently demonstrating its readiness to resume dialogue on issues

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Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Thursday that its agents shot and killed two individuals suspected of plotting a drone attack on a petrochemical facility in the Nizhny Novgorod region.

“A sabotage and terrorist attack planned by Ukrainian special services was prevented in the Nizhny Novgorod region, involving two Central Asian n

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U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he could meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin shortly after his upcoming trip to the Middle East in May.

The White House announced this week that Trump will travel to Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates between May 13 and 16. The Kremlin has previously said Putin does not plan to meet the

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A Russian missile attack on Kyiv on Thursday killed at least nine and wounded dozens in one of the deadliest strikes on the Ukrainian capital since Russia launched its invasion over three years ago.

Russian air attacks throughout the war have battered Ukraine, but deadly strikes on Kyiv, which is better protected by air defenses than other cities,

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U.S. President Donald Trump called on Russia's Vladimir Putin to end his war on Ukraine after Russian airstrikes against Kyiv early Thursday killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more, making it the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital in nearly a year.

"I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad

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last minute Wednesday amid reported disagreements between the U.S. and its European and Ukrainian equivalents over Washingtons proposed peace deal.The rollback signifies the latest obstruction in efforts to negotiate an end to Russia's over-three-year attack on its next-door neighbor, which U.S. President Donald Trump has actually been promoting given that his inauguration in January.British Foreign Secretary David Lammy had been due to lead a meeting of foreign ministers in London on Wednesday, however his ministry said the talks had actually been left to senior staff.The Ukraine Peace Talks meeting with Foreign Ministers today is being postponed. Official-level talks will continue, the Foreign Office stated, without specifying details.U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump special envoy Steve Witkoff revoked the London conference after Ukraine signaled it wanted to focus on a 30-day ceasefire proposition rather than a more comprehensive U.S. framework, a U.S. authorities involved in the talkstoldAxios.That framework, according to Axios, consists of U.S. recognition of Russias annexation of Crimea, de facto acknowledgment of Moscows control over four other partly inhabited Ukrainian regions, sanctions relief and the pledge of future financial cooperation. The outlet noted that security assurances for Ukraine stay vague.Most of these points are non-starters for both Kyiv and its allies in Europe.Rubio, who presented the U.S. proposal at a conference recently in Paris, canceled strategies to check out London but had a call with Lammy.Washingtons special Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg was still in attendance, as was Macron's diplomatic adviser Emmanuel Bonne.Andriy Yermak, a leading assistant to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, arrived in London with Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha. Despite everything, we will work for peace, Yermak wrote on Telegram.Meanwhile, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance warned that Washington would leave unless Russia and Ukraine accept a peace deal.The New York Times described the scaled-down U.S. existence in London as an obstacle for European leaders as they attempt to play a higher role in the peace process.The London meeting also came in the middle of speculation in the media about what might be on the table for Moscow and Kyiv.Russian leader Vladimir Putin reportedly used to halt the war on the current front line during a conference with Witkoff in St. Petersburg previously this month, the Financial Times reported Tuesday, mentioning people knowledgeable about the matter.The Russian leader suggested he would want to withdraw Moscow's claims to parts of Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia, 4 regions it partially occupies, FT reported.In return, the U.S. may accede to Russia's other major demands, the monetary everyday added, including recognizing its sovereignty over Crimea, which it annexed in 2014, and disallowing Ukraine from joining NATO.The Kremlin responded to the report by saying that a great deal of fakes are being published at the moment. Zelensky ruled out delivering area and called Wednesday for an instant, complete and genuine ceasefire.AFP contributed reporting.

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