{"id":675,"date":"2025-03-17T09:13:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/17\/ukraine-war-latest-trump-says-he-and-putin-will-discuss-land-and-power-plants-in-tuesdays-ukraine-talks-bbc-com\/"},"modified":"2025-03-17T09:13:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T09:13:23","slug":"ukraine-war-latest-trump-says-he-and-putin-will-discuss-land-and-power-plants-in-tuesdays-ukraine-talks-bbc-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/echo-test\/demo973e36f5\/2025\/03\/17\/ukraine-war-latest-trump-says-he-and-putin-will-discuss-land-and-power-plants-in-tuesdays-ukraine-talks-bbc-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine war latest: Trump says he and Putin will discuss &#8216;land and power plants&#8217; in Tuesday&#8217;s Ukraine talks &#8211; BBC.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<div role=\"list\" spacing=\"6\" tabindex=\"0\" data-testid=\"postList\">\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:dc80e611-6858-40df-a034-eb8ebb7bff96\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>What&#8217;s been happening?<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russian President Vladimir Putin walks ahead of Chief of the General Staff of Russian Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov as he visits the army command centre in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in the Kursk region, Russia, March 12, 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/fdccb256-0bfe-491d-843a-cef1bd0bdb70.jpg.webp\"  width=\"3580\" height=\"2013\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/p><figcaption><span>Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>President Putin pictured visiting his forces in the Kursk region last week. Russia has been steadily retaking territory in the area after Ukraine captured land there last year<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If you&#8217;re just joining us, or are in need of a quick summary, here&#8217;s the latest:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\"><b>US President Donald Trum<\/b>p says he plans to discuss &#8220;power plants&#8221; and &#8220;land&#8221; with his Russian counterpart<b> Vladimir Putin<\/b> on Tuesday when they hold talks on ended the war in Ukraine     <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       Russia and Ukraine launched <b>overnight drone attacks<\/b> on each other, officials from the two countries have said     <\/li>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       The Ukrainian Air Force says Russia attacked the country overnight with <b>174 drones<\/b><\/li>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       Russian officials say they destroyed<b> 72 Ukrainian drones<\/b>, some of which  targeted energy facilities in the country&#8217;s Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire      <\/li>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       Ukraine says Russian forces have continued <b>efforts to invade the Sumy region<\/b> of northern Ukraine, following a Russian counteroffensive in Kursk     <\/li>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       The <b>EU&#8217;s Foreign Affairs Council<\/b> will be meeting this morning to discuss security and how to bring peace to Ukraine. &#8220;The decisions of today will shape the security of tomorrow,&#8221; Lithuania&#8217;s foreign minister has said      <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Stick with us for the latest updates and analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:d1faf3d9-78f7-40ef-9225-8f7f5115e51f\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Ukraine will respond to attacks &#8216;until Putin stops war&#8217;, says official<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 08:28 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Firefighters at the site of an apartment building hit by a Russian drone strike. Smoke can be seen billowing out of the apartment\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/325ce746-dd78-4c8e-b565-0ad97d220147.jpg.webp\"  width=\"1000\" height=\"563\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/p><figcaption><span>Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The aftermath of a Russian drone attack in Chernihiv<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The head of the Ukrainian president&#8217;s office says his country will continue to respond to Russian attacks &#8220;until Putin stops the war&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Russia continues to attack; Ukraine is responding to the attacks,&#8221; Andriy Yermak says in a post on X. <\/p>\n<p>His comments come after Russia and Ukraine<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/c3e4xzd8qq8t?post=asset%3A67da2bda-6019-48ca-badd-d039bf906faf#post\"> launched overnight drone attacks<\/a> on each other, according to officials from both countries. <\/p>\n<p>The Armed Forces of Ukraine has said there were 112 clashes between Ukrainian and Russian forces yesterday. <\/p>\n<p>Russia launched air strikes in several settlements across Ukraine, while the Ukrainian forces struck areas with Russian personnel and military equipment, the Ukrainian army adds on social media. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:2282f5af-5847-4875-9147-6bf535d33762\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>EU security meeting &#8216;will shape the security of tomorrow&#8217;<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 07:58 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A man speaking into several press microphones, in front of three EU flags\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/b9a42d45-ae29-4bd8-8b57-97cf6e391bf4.jpg.webp\"  width=\"783\" height=\"440\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>As Trump prepares to speak with Russia&#8217;s President Putin tomorrow, the EU is continuing its own efforts to bring peace to Ukraine. Its foreign affairs council will meet this morning to discuss security. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking beforehand, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas says Russia&#8217;s conditions on the proposed ceasefire show that &#8220;they don&#8217;t want peace&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div spacing=\"rich-text\">\n<p><span>Quote Message<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is the strategic moment for Europe. The decisions of today will shape the security of tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>Lithuanian Foreign Minister K\u0119stutis Budrys<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:0dbbc5b5-7f6d-469d-8192-bfa4f01df04d\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Ukraine says Russia continues to try to invade Sumy region<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 07:49 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/128\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2021\/6\/18\/f87813e2-90ab-45ba-b097-6ab8caf29b1d.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Vitaliy Shevchenko<\/strong><br \/>Russia editor, BBC Monitoring<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Apparently building up on the success of their counteroffensive in Kursk region (see our previous post) Russian forces continue their efforts to cross the border and invade another part of Ukraine: northern Sumy region. <\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have been using small assault groups to attack Ukrainian positions, and also subversive groups to carry out reconnaissance and plant landmines, Andriy Demchenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian State Border Service, tells Ukrainian TV this morning.<\/p>\n<p>But, he claims, the Ukrainian army has been &#8220;destroying these groups of infantry either after they cross into our territory or even as they\u2019re approaching the border&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/cgj5w6veqw6t?post=asset%3A464be862-b5cf-4dd5-98c8-95841fdcabe7#post\">reported last week<\/a>, the authorities in Sumy region say Russian attacks have intensified and are now ongoing along the whole stretch of the region\u2019s border with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>One civilian has been killed in Russian attacks on Sumy region, the regional administration <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Sumy_news_ODA\/34356\">said in an update<span>, external<\/span><\/a> yesterday evening.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:92648dfa-f74c-4ce0-bd29-fd8008d23ea3\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>As Russia retakes Kursk, Ukrainian soldiers recount &#8216;catastrophic&#8217; withdrawal<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 07:47 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/128\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2024\/8\/13\/15c46e96-86e8-42f0-967e-1b08f9fb102d.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Jonathan Beale<\/strong><br \/>Defence correspondent, reporting from Ukraine<\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russian service members walk past a destroyed building in the town of Sudzha in Kursk, which was recently retaken by Russia's armed forces - pictured from the Russian Defence Ministry\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/8c0b7058-4c1f-4326-94a4-ab009470c8fa.jpg.webp\"  width=\"856\" height=\"481\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Russian Defence Ministry<\/span><\/p><figcaption><span>Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Russian service members walk past a destroyed building in the town of Sudzha in Kursk, which was recently retaken by Russia&#8217;s armed forces &#8211; picture from the Russian Defence Ministry<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukrainian soldiers fighting in Russia&#8217;s Kursk region have described scenes &#8220;like a horror movie&#8221; as they retreated from the front lines.<\/p>\n<p>The BBC has received extensive accounts from Ukrainian troops, who recount a &#8220;catastrophic&#8221; withdrawal in the face of heavy fire, columns of military equipment destroyed, and constant attacks from swarms of Russian drones.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian restrictions on travel to the front mean it is not possible to get a full picture. But five Ukrainian soldiers described to us what had happened.<\/p>\n<p>On 9 March, &#8220;Volodymyr&#8221; sent a Telegram post to the BBC saying he was still in Sudzha, a town in Kursk, where there was &#8220;panic and collapse of the front&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian troops &#8220;are trying to leave &#8211; columns of troops and equipment. Some of them are burned by Russian drones on the road. It is impossible to leave during the day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Movement of men, logistics and equipment had been reliant on one major route between Sudzha and Ukraine&#8217;s Sumy region.<\/p>\n<p>Volodymyr said it was possible to travel on that road relatively safely a month ago. By 9 March it was &#8220;all under the fire control of the enemy &#8211; drones around the clock. In one minute you can see two to three drones. That&#8217;s a lot,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have all the logistics here on one Sudzha-Sumy highway. And everyone knew that the [Russians] would try to cut it. But this again came as a surprise to our command.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c0q198zyppqo\">Read the full piece from Jonathan here<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Map showing Russian control of Kursk region\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/a4a4dbad-555c-4256-9c4d-02850a5efca2.png.webp\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"1286\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:830de6e1-cdf7-489e-8240-5a5e20363e22\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Ukrainian Air Force says Russia launched 174 drones overnight<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 07:32 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p>The Ukrainian Air Force has said Russia attacked the country overnight with 174 drones, following earlier reports of damage in Kyiv and Nikopol.  <\/p>\n<p>It shot down 90 drones and 70 others were successfully diverted, the air force adds. <\/p>\n<p>The strikes hit the Odesa, Kharkiv, Dnipro, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions, the post on messaging app Telegram says. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:49f9a079-7c04-48b7-90c5-78789f8cbe44\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>What do we know about the proposed ceasefire deal?<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 06:58 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p>Last week in Saudi Arabia, Ukrainian and American delegates met to discuss an end to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>After hours locked away in a room, they announced proposals for a 30-day ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>It was widely welcomed news, as European leaders praised the plan.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine was &#8220;ready to stop shooting and start talking,&#8221; US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said, and if Russia rejects the offer &#8220;then we&#8217;ll unfortunately know what the impediment is to peace here&#8221;.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and Ukrainian Head of Presidential Office Andriy Yermak hold a meeting in the presence of Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan and National Security Advisor Mosaad bin Mohammad Al-Aiban, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/d742b537-be2d-4576-8274-35bda5ef0e48.jpg.webp\"  width=\"5130\" height=\"2885\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Reuters<\/span><\/p><figcaption><span>Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>US and Ukrainian representatives held talks in Saudi Arabia last week<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the announcement, US envoy Steve Witkoff took the ceasefire plan to Russia, where he met with Putin and other officials.<\/p>\n<p>However, Russia is yet to agree, as Putin says there are a lot of details that need to be worked out.    <\/p>\n<p>Russia is ready for a halt in fighting, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cg70y3ydmdno\">the leader says, but &#8220;there are nuances&#8221;.<\/a> He says it must lead to &#8220;long-term peace and eliminate the root causes of this crisis&#8221;.   <\/p>\n<p>But this is Russia&#8217;s way of &#8220;deliberately setting conditions that only complicate and drag out the process,&#8221; according to Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelensky. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li spacing=\"rich-text\">       Our correspondent Tom Bateman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c5y42125239o\">has gone through the deal line-by-line, decoding it to make some sense of what&#8217;s on offer<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:6d09b021-79c3-44a2-8332-ea0121621876\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Trump plans to speak to Putin about land and power plants<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 06:40 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<figure><figcaption><span>Media caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch: President Trump tells reporters he will speak to Vladimir Putin<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On board his presidential plane Air Force One on Sunday evening, US President Donald Trump announced to reporters that he will be speaking to Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>He said &#8220;a lot of work&#8221; has been done over the weekend, and they will see if they have &#8220;something to announce&#8221; on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>It comes one week after US and Ukraine delegates met in Saudi Arabia, where they announced the prospect of a 30-day ceasefire &#8211; the first step to ending the war.  <\/p>\n<p>However, the US is still trying to convince Russia to agree.  <\/p>\n<p>On the talks with Putin, Trump says: &#8220;I think we&#8217;ll be talking about land. It&#8217;s a lot different than it was before the war, as you know. We&#8217;ll be talking about power plants, that&#8217;s a big question.    <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;But I think we have a lot of it already discussed very much by both sides, Ukraine and Russia. We&#8217;re already talking about that, dividing up certain assets and they&#8217;ve been working on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div spacing=\"rich-text\">\n<p><span>Quote Message<\/span><\/p>\n<p>We want to see if we can bring that war to an end. Maybe we can, maybe we can&#8217;t, but I think we have a very good chance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b>US President Trump<\/b><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:67da2bda-6019-48ca-badd-d039bf906faf\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Russia and Ukraine exchange overnight drone attacks<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 06:37 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p>Russia and Ukraine have launched overnight drone attacks at each other, officials from the respective countries say.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian drones targeted energy facilities and other objects in Russia&#8217;s Astrakhan region, injuring one person and sparking a fire, the regional governor has said on messaging app Telegram. &#8220;The situation is under control,&#8221; Igor Babushkin adds. <\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Ministry of Defence says it destroyed 72 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 36 over the Kursk region.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in Ukraine, air defence units were trying to repel an attack launched by Russia in Kyiv, the capital&#8217;s Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said in a post on Monday night. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Russian control of Ukraine, showing a fifth of the east of the country under Russian control\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/ad6d594e-0614-4f32-b76b-c08b31fceca6.png.webp\"  width=\"1280\" height=\"1258\"><\/span><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div>\n<article data-testid=\"content-post\" id=\"asset:4fa84aeb-9e80-4cca-b2f1-7991b02cc22c\">\n<header><span><\/p>\n<h3 type=\"normal\"><span role=\"text\"><span>Trump plans call with Putin as Russian and Ukrainian attacks continue<\/span><span><span data-testid=\"timestamp\"><span data-testid=\"accessible-timestamp\">published at 06:31 Greenwich Mean Time<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><\/span><\/header>\n<p><span><span><img decoding=\"async\" alt loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/128\/cpsprodpb\/\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/1\/7\/c448adca-0b64-45f3-b492-d4382b601f9c.jpg.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\"><\/span><\/span><span><strong>Imogen James<\/strong><br \/>Live reporter<\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Remains of a residential building destroyed by an attack following Russian bombing in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk, Ukraine on 13 March 2025.\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/ace\/standard\/640\/cpsprodpb\/vivo\/live\/images\/2025\/3\/17\/b28b7c2c-28a0-4344-b488-740f450ff9e0.jpg.webp\"  width=\"976\" height=\"549\"><\/span><span role=\"text\"><span>Image source, <\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/p><figcaption><span>Image caption, <\/span><\/p>\n<p>The remains of a residential building destroyed by a Russian attack in Kostiantynivka, Donetsk, this week<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Good morning and welcome to our live coverage following the latest on the war in Ukraine.   <\/p>\n<p>Last night on Air Force One, US President Donald Trump announced that he plans to speak to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday.  <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want to see if we can bring that war to an end,&#8221; he told reporters.  <\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s administration has been involved in talks with Russia to get them to sign a 30-day ceasefire, which Ukraine has already agreed to.   <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a tricky task &#8211; Putin has said while he is in favour of the deal there are a lot of details to be worked out beforehand.  <\/p>\n<p>And while diplomatic efforts continue, attacks have been rocking Russia and Ukraine.  <\/p>\n<p>On Monday evening, a drone attack hit Ukraine&#8217;s Nikopol region, damaging homes and leaving widespread power  outages, the regional leader says. Russia also launched an attack on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, according to the mayor.  <\/p>\n<p>In Russia, Astrakhan&#8217;s regional governor says an overnight Ukrainian drone attack targeted energy facilities and other objects in the region, injuring one person and causing a fire.    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What&#8217;s been happening?published at 09:05 Greenwich Mean Time Image source, ReutersImage caption, President Putin pictured visiting his forces in the Kursk region last week. 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