U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, also took part in the talks on ending the war in Ukraine.
Several official military reports have also mentioned small groups of Russian soldiers advancing into Pokrovsk itself.
Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram on Monday that Russia has once again launched heavy air attacks on Ukraine, with 19 people injured in the large city of Kharkiv in the east of the country
At least five people were killed—two due to a rocket strike on a hotel in Kryvyi Rih and three others due to drone attacks on Zaporizhzhya.
Ukraine said on Monday that it had repelled a major Russian drone attack on the Black Sea region of Odessa overnight.
Ukraine’s army says it is continuing its counteroffensive around Klishchiivka in eastern Ukraine after announcing its forces have recaptured the key village.
Three neighbours, including a teenager, who rushed to help, were also injured.
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Launched in the summer of 2022, Operation Interflex is a UK-led international training programme for Ukrainian recruits.
Eleven drones were shot down over Crimea, Moscow-appointed governor Sergei Aksyonov said on Telegram on Monday.
The Washington Post had reported the U.S. had learned of a plan by Ukrainian military from a EU intelligence service three months before the explosions in September 2022.
