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Russia said Sunday its forces had gained territory near the key battleground town of Chasiv Yar in east Ukraine, highlighting the pressure facing Kiev as it gears up to receive $61 billion in new U.S. aid.

Ukraine meanwhile reported renewed Russian strikes against its civilians.

They announced this after Macron was previously scheduled to visit Ukraine this week.

TIRANA - After attending a plenary meeting at a Ukraine-Southeast Europe summit in Tirana, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Wednesday that, at Serbia's request, a declaration to be adopted at the summit made no mention of sanctions against Russia or of its "malignant" influence.

An unannounced meeting between Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis and Ukrainian President Volodymyr is underway at the Prime Minister's Maximos Mansion.

After the meeting between the two leaders, there are expected to be broader talks between delegations from each country. The two will also make joint statements to the press.

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President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has disclosed ongoing intentions to facilitate peace talks between Russia and Ukraine, a diplomatic endeavor that seeks to alleviate tensions in the region.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is the only person who can convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to return to the Black Sea Grain Initiative, says Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba.

Russian missiles regularly fly in other directions, hitting the military infrastructure.
Boris Johnson was in Kyiv on Friday, from where he promised that Britain would provide "strategic resilience" to Ukraine.

Slovaks have long had the dubious distinction of being the most prone in Europe to believe in conspiracy theories and disinformation, which might explain the prevalence of such sites targeting the Slovak information space.