Overview

• Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia is open to peace negotiations but will not abandon its core objectives
• Moscow demands that Ukraine withdraw from four annexed regions and drop its NATO aspirations as preconditions for any deal
• Ukrainian officials have proposed a new round of talks in Istanbul this week but are awaiting Russia’s formal terms
• President Trump threatened steeper sanctions and tariffs if Russia fails to agree to a ceasefire within the 50-day deadline
• Russian long-range drone strikes have escalated with Ukraine shooting down 18 of 57 drones overnight and civilians injured in Zaporizhzhia and Izium