Russia says Ukraine peace talks 'proceeding constructively,'
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Investigators pursue various lines of inquiry, including possibility attack was 'linked' to 'Ukrainian special forces'.
Ukraine and Russia have not negotiated face to face since July, but U.S.-backed shuttle diplomacy to end the war has intensified in recent weeks.
November 13, 2024 - A bomb planted under a car kills a Russian serviceman in Sevastopol in Russia-annexed Crimea. A Ukrainian security source names him as Valery Trankovsky, a Russian naval captain whom Kyiv accused of war crimes for ordering missile strikes on civilian targets.
Putin claims no "willingness from Ukraine" to negotiate a peace deal as he touts battlefield gains, and Kyiv claims a brazen strike on a ship far from Russia.
Ukraine is rapidly deploying low-cost interceptor drones to counter Russia's evolving aerial attacks on cities and power infrastructure.
President Vladimir Putin emphasized Friday that Moscow's troops were advancing across the battlefield in Ukraine and voiced confidence that the Kremlin would achieve its goals militarily if Kyiv doesn't agree to Russia's conditions in peace talks.
Witkoff said on social media that talks with officials from Ukraine and Europe focused on a "shared strategic approach."
Russian President Vladimir Putin is warning that Moscow will extend its gains in Ukraine if Kyiv and its Western allies reject the Kremlin's demands in peace talks