Ukrainian fighters – both professional soldiers and citizen volunteers – are continuing to resist Putin's army. We're following events as they happen right through the night
just issued a message on his Telegram channel
That would constitute a major backdown from Putin who had previously said he was willing to start talks as long as the Ukrainians surrendered and agreed to “demilitarisation.” The Governor of Kharkiv says that Ukrainian forces have prevailed in their battle against the Russians.There was also street-to-street fighting.
This comes amid speculation that Israel, which has good relations with Russia and Ukraine, could play negotiator in any peace talks.“The Prime Minister expressed his concern about the situation in Ukraine and the possibility that the fighting would intensify and lead to greater humanitarian damage,” the Israeli source said.
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