Russia has welcomed remarks by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggesting the U.S. is making security guarantees conditional on Kyiv relinquishing control of the Donbas region.
Speaking on Thursday (26 March), Russian Special Envoy Kirill Dmitriev said Zelenskyy’s comments, made in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday, “can’t help but make us happy.”
Dmitriev also said the U.S. had played a “positive and constructive” role in the European Union’s decision earlier this year not to seize €210 billion ($240 billion) in Russian sovereign assets for a loan to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russian strikes hit energy infrastructure in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region overnight, leaving tens of thousands of residents without power, energy company DTEK said on Thursday.
“The damage is extensive, and repairs will take time,” the company said on Telegram, adding that power had been restored to 31,500 families, while 33,400 remained without electricity.
Elsewhere, foreign ministers from the Group of Seven (G7) met in France to discuss the war in Ukraine, as well as tensions involving the U.S., Israel and Iran.
Ahead of the meeting, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer warned that the West was facing a “war on two fronts”.
“There’s the Iranian conflict and the continuing Ukrainian conflict,” he said.
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Russia is open to listening to new proposals on how to reach a settlement on the Ukraine conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, but any proposals should reflect the "realities on the ground".
A large-scale drone attack has hit Russia's Samara region, damaging facilities and disrupting operations at an Ozon logistics complex, according to regional authorities and the company.
Iran on Saturday denounced U.S. plans to announce new sanctions that could put further strain on the Islamic Republic's economy and have an impact on its most important trading partners including China.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran was not ready to make what he called the "right deal" with Washington as tensions persisted over the war and the Strait of Hormuz.
Türkiye said on Thursday it would continue helping Syria strengthen its military, despite rising tensions with Israel over Ankara’s role in the country.
Syria expects negotiations with Israel over a security agreement to resume soon despite deep mistrust between the two sides, Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani said in an interview with Reuters, urging Israel to seize an "historic opportunity" as the door for diplomacy is open.
Nordic and Baltic leaders arrived in Kyiv for Ukraine’s Flag Day on Sunday as Russia continued its drone campaign and Kyiv warned of a potential new Russian mobilisation.
India's Coast Guard and Navy continued search-and-rescue operations off the eastern coast on Sunday after a Panama-flagged cargo vessel carrying 24 crew sank, with two Chinese nationals rescued, a senior official said.
Taiwan President Lai Ching-te has called for continued military strength and national unity during a visit to the sensitive frontline island of Kinmen, saying peace must be protected "through strength."
The European Union’s Civil Protection Mechanism sent helicopters and firefighters to help Serbia fight a massive wildfire in a nature reserve in the northeast of the country, the head of the European Union mission to Belgrade said.
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