Ukraine

Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. negotiators met in Abu Dhabi for a second round of U.S.-mediated peace talks on Wednesday, despite continued heavy Russian strikes across Ukraine.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said roughly 55,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed on the battlefield since Russia's full‑scale invasion, in an interview on France 2.

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EU member states agreed terms for a €90bn loan to Ukraine, allocating €30bn for budgets and €60bn for defence, with US arms allowed only in exceptional cases.

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Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Abu Dhabi under U.S. mediation while Russia launched drone and missile strikes on Ukraine, prompting Kyiv to say Moscow was not taking diplomacy seriously.

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