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Mikhail Mirgorodsky faces five charges, including organising and leading a criminal group and ordering threats against Ukrainians in Poland.

COMMENT: All hopes were on Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff’s trip to Moscow, but a breakthrough in peace talks was never going to happen with a man who has repeatedly taken Russia’s side, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley

Zelenskyy says redrafted peace plan ‘looks better’ but Kaja Kallas fears Moscow meeting will wrongfully put pressure on Kyiv rather than Kremlin. What we know on day 1,378

The effort, led by Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, has reached a point where direct engagement with the Kremlin is considered necessary. Russian officials confirmed that President Vladimir Putin will meet the American delegation on Tuesday, raising expectations for a rare moment of potential diplomatic progress.

Kaja Kallas says negotiators should not ‘lose focus that it’s actually Russia who has started this war’

Former U.S. national security adviser John Bolton renewed sharp criticism Sunday of the 28-point peace proposal advanced by Donald Trump to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, calling the reasoning behind it a "mystery" and the approach "incoherent."

WSJ claims Trump's Ukraine 'peace' deal was a Kremlin scheme for rare-earth profits, sparking fears it undermines Western alliances. Critics like Garry Kasparov warn: 'It's always money.'

The U.S. is reportedly prepared to formally acknowledge Russia's hold over Crimea and parts of eastern and southern Ukraine as part of a proposed agreement to end the war, a shift that would overturn longstanding U.S. diplomatic policy.

Oscar-winner Mstyslav Chernov expresses scepticism that Vladimir Putin will accept peace terms as US support for Ukraine wavers