Russia batters Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia as Kremlin warns peace talks will take time

Russia slams Trump’s Ukraine war negotiation deadline as ‘an exercise in futility’

Russia rejected President Trump's demands to end its war on Ukraine this week, with the Kremlin's top spokesman telling reporters that setting "hard deadlines" is "an exercise in futility" -- in Moscow's latest attempt to stall peace negotiations.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that negotiations between Russia and the United States on settling the war against Ukraine take time, so it is difficult to expect “immediate results”.

Russia batters Ukrainian cities Odesa and Zaporizhzhia as Kremlin warns peace talks will take time

Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia, local authorities said Tuesday, as the Kremlin again warned that negotiators are unlikely to obtain a swift breakthrough in peace talks on the war.Ukrainian, British, French and U.S. officials are due to meet in London on Wednesday to discuss the war. Anticipation is building over whether diplomatic efforts can stop more than three years of fighting since …

Russia batters Ukraine’s Odesa and Zaporizhzhia as Kremlin warns peace talks will take time

By ILLIA NOVIKOV KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drones battered the Ukrainian port city of Odesa and glide bombs hit Zaporizhzhia, local authorities said Tuesday, as the Kremlin again warned that negotiators are unlikely to obtain a swift breakthrough in peace talks on the war. Related Articles Israeli strikes kill 14 in Gaza and destroy heavy equipment needed to clear rubble 70% of Jewish Holocaust survivors will be…

Civilians died both during the night and during the day on Tuesday, and several children were injured in Zaporizhzhia.

Russian forces are trying to attack Ukrainian positions in Odessa, but the Ukrainian military is doing an explosive defensive maneuver.