Fears new Russia-Ukraine talks are ALREADY doomed to fail as bleak Kremlin assessment risks ‘p****d off' Trump's wrath
Any hopes for a breakthrough continue to appear bleak as Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned the enemies remained "diametrically opposed".
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An explosion of a drone lights up the sky over Kyiv during a Russian drone and missile strike
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Cars set on fire in Odesa, Ukraine after relentless Russian attacks
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This will be the third round of peace talks held in Istanbul between Russia and Ukraine
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And fears still linger that Putin may - yet again - make impossible demands and play for time while continuing his 'meatgrinder' assaults and attacks on civilians.
Trump has given the
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a new round of negotiations will take place in Turkey involving envoys from both sides.
Zelensky said he had authorised his security council chief Rustem Umerov to stage the third crucial meeting following failed attempts at peace in May and June.
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He said discussions would centre on 'preparations for a prisoner exchange and another meeting in Turkey with the Russian side".
A senior Ukrainian source said talks could also begin working towards a possible historic meeting between Zelensky and Putin.
But Kremlin spokesman Peskov downplayed the likelihood of reaching any concrete outcome anytime soon.
Peskov said: "A lot of diplomatic work lies ahead."
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Last week, US president Trump vented his frustration with Putin, declaring he was
He imposed a
US general threatens 'faster than ever' attack on Russia as Kremlin hits back
Instead of agreeing, a snarling Putin declined and ramped up his ground and aerial offensives across Ukraine.
A child was killed early today when a Russian glide bomb hit an apartment block in the eastern city of Kramatorsk, local officials said.
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Six areas of the capital Kyiv also came under a combined drone and missile attack.
Ukrainian forces said they had pushed back more than 50 attacks in the besieged city of Pokrovsk on the eastern
frontline
.
Russian sabotage squads have already tried to enter the city but had been driven out,
Ukraine
's military commander, Oleksandr Syrskyi said.
Late on Monday,
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The missile slammed into the building in Kyiv — leaving a gaping crater where toddlers once played and naptime beds buried under dust.
The
that saw 426
drones
and 24 missiles hurled across Ukraine overnight.
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Last week, US President Trump vented his frustration with Putin, declaring he was 'disappointed' but 'not done' with the Russian tyrant
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A serviceman from the 115th Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces fires an anti-aircraft machine gun towards a Russian drone
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Ukraine has been valiantly fighting back against Russia as Putin ramps up his attacks
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And it marked the second time in three days that NATO fighter jets were scrambled in response to the bombardments.
Ukrainian officials said at least 15 people were injured, including a 12-year-old boy, in the barrage.
The
strikes
came amid growing fears that
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According to German Major General Christian Freuding, Moscow is plotting a mass drone assault involving 2,000 Shahed drones, in a bid to overwhelm Ukraine's already strained air defences.
The general warned: 'We have uncovered worrying intelligence… [Russia is] significantly expanding its weapons production capacity.'
Chilling footage aired on Russian state TV showed
teenagers
working in a so-called 'drone death factory,' with Moscow boasting about the 'huge, bright workshops' churning out kamikaze drones by the hundreds.
A valiant Ukraine has hit back at the constant Russian aggression.
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Kyiv's own drone army
wreaking havoc at major airports and delaying over 400 flights as Russia's defences scrambled to respond.
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The crater from a falling Russian attack drone in the ground outside a nursery and kindergarten
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A man removes glass shards from a windowsill as the building's walls are covered in holes from the missile impact
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