Ukraine president says summits will reveal ‘who is a friend, who is a partner, and who betrayed us for money’; reports say port city on fire
At the regular press briefing in Moscow, the Kremlin has said that moves to expel US diplomats from Russia was a forced measure, after last month the US expelled 12 Russians from the country’s UN mission in New York over national security concerns. The United States Embassy in Moscow on Wednesday received a list of its diplomats that were declared “persona non grata”.
Russian spokesperson Dmitry Peskov also confirmed to reporters that sanctioned Roman Abramovich played an early role in peace talks. Peskov said “He did take part at the initial stage. Now the negotiations are between the two teams, the Russians and Ukrainians.”\nQuestioned as to why defence minister Sergei Shoigu had not been seen in public for some time, reporters were told that he was busy with Ukraine, and now was not the time for media activity.
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