Zelenskyy calls Russia sanctions relief without de-escalation deal ‘obvious weakness’ Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday (local time) warned that easing sanctions against Russia without a clear and lasting de-escalation agreement would be an “obvious weakness” that could prolong the war by allowing Moscow to continue selling petroleum products.In a post on X, Zelenskyy said…

Russian President Vladimir Putin told US President Donald Trump on Friday that Ukraine had jeopardised the immediate resumption of trilateral peace talks by carrying out drone attacks on Moscow during last month’s parliamentary elections, the Kremlin said.Kremlin foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov said Putin told Trump that Moscow had been prepared to resume negotiations with…