Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful of a positive outcome in peace negotiations between Moscow and Kyiv as he defended his soldiers who were accused earlier this month of executing civilians in a Ukrainian town.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres travelled to Russia for a televised discussion with the leader about a potential ceasefire in the decimated country.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with President Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Moscow. Picture: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Videos and photographs that went viral online showed corpses buried in mass graves and bodies with their hands tied to their backs before they were reportedly shot.
He stressed to the minister"safe and effective" humanitarian corridors needed to be established to ensure the safe evacuation of trapped civilians and injured soldiers.
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