Live – War in Ukraine: Moscow does not expect “miraculous advances” of new talks with kyiv

At least five people were killed in Russia and the occupied territories and a person died in Ukraine on Tuesday in crossed strikes, while a new cycle of negotiations is to take place on Wednesday in Istanbul.

Three people died and three are in serious condition after an attack by Ukrainian drone on a bus in the part of the Kherson region occupied by Russian forces in southern Ukraine, said the governor installed by Moscow, Vladimir Saldo, on Telegram.

In Russia, a man died of his injuries after a Ukrainian strike that hit a car in the village of Leonovka in the Belgorod border region, Governor Viatcheslav Gladkov said on Telegram on Tuesday morning.

Two people were also injured in a Ukrainian drone shot on a car in the village of Brovnitchi, in the British region, according to governor Alexandre Bogomaz.

The Kremlin said on Tuesday not to expect “miraculous advances” during the next negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians scheduled for Wednesday in Türkiye, ensuring that Moscow intends to maintain its conditions.

“There is of course no reason to hope for miraculous advances, but we intend to defend our interests, guarantee them and perform the tasks that we set ourselves from the start,” said the spokesperson for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, during a briefing in which AFP participates.

Former Defense Minister Roustem Oumerov, who has just been appointed secretary of the Ukrainian National Security Council, will lead Wednesday negotiations with Moscow, announces President Volodymyr Zelensky. Here is his portrait …

“Ukraine is ready to work in the most productive way possible to obtain the release of its people and the return of kidnapped children, to put an end to the massacres and to prepare a meeting of leaders aimed at really ending this war,” wrote Volodymyr Zelensky in a message posted this Tuesday on X. The Ukrainian President evokes a “transparent” position that she triggered “.

The former Minister of Defense Oumerov will conduct negotiations with Moscow, said the head of state.

The new sanctions adopted against Russia “must lead Vladimir Putin to change his calculation and to consent to a cease-fire,” said this Tuesday with our colleagues from France Inter the chief of French diplomacy. Jean-Noël Barrot, visiting Ukraine for 2 days, also said that he “asked” his teams to prepare “an upcoming pack of even heavier sanctions to force Vladimir Putin” to negotiations.

Three people died and 45 were injured after Russian strikes overnight Monday to Tuesday. A child has lost his life after a bombing on the city of Kramatorsk, in the east of the country, according to the Ukrainian air defense, quoted by the local media The Kyiv Independent.

Among the Russian night strikes that hit Ukraine last night, the city of Odessa was particularly affected. On this photo of Oleksandr Gimanov, photographer for the France-Presse agency, a man notes the damage in a residential building.

The peace talks that must continue on Wednesday between Russians and Ukrainians are laudable if they lead to a meeting between Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin in order to conclude a cease-fire, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs said on Tuesday.

“It is very good that discussions can continue, but on condition that they lead to a meeting at the level of heads of state, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin, a meeting that can lead to a cease-fire,” said Jean-Noël Barrot on France Inter from the east of Ukraine where he is traveling.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Monday that a new talks between representatives of kyiv and Moscow will take place in Turkey on Wednesday to try to put an end to more than three years of war, despite the “diametrically opposed” positions of the two countries.

This announcement comes after a new night of Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine who left at least one dead and nine injured in kyiv, a few hours before the visit to the Ukrainian capital of the French diplomacy chief, Jean-Noël Barrot.

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