The Latest Breaking News from Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky are set to meet on Wednesday night in Paris for a working dinner at the Élysée Palace, ahead of Thursday's "Coalition of the Willing" summit, proposing an approach that differs from Washington's appeasement policy.

The deal, announced by the US, could lead to a halt in fighting in the Black Sea. But Russia has demands first.

The attacks came just hours after the United States reached separate deals with Ukraine and Russia to stop fighting in the Black Sea

Ukraine's president says his country will proceed with a ceasefire prohibiting attacks on energy infrastructure following a deal brokered by the U.S. during negotiations in Saudi Arabia

While Ankara’s ongoing trade with Russia drew repeated warnings from Washington during Joe Biden's presidency, Turkey is looking to bolster its ties with the US under the Trump administration.

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The meeting takes place as the United States announced that it had brokered a truce between Russia and Ukraine in the Black Sea.

John Healey suggested that the US has laid down a challenge which the UK is responding to in its work to put together a ‘coalition of the willing’.

The animals were rescued by the Wild Animals Rescue Centre, run by Natalia Popova, a Ukrainian woman who has saved hundreds of abandoned pets and zoo animals.

While the warring sides have agreed to halting some assaults, the conflict is convulsing Russia’s Belgorod.

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