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KYIV — Ukrainian democracy is proving much stronger than most outsiders — including Russian President Vladimir Putin — believed. But as the full-scale invasion drags into its third year, the strain is starting to show — although Ukraine is still very far from being an authoritarian dictatorship like Russia.
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The Moscow Times on MSNUkraine Demands Zelensky-Putin Talks, Russia Proposes Brief Truces After Latest TalksUkraine on Wednesday proposed direct talks within weeks between its President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russia's Vladimir Putin while Moscow tempered prospects for progress at a fresh round of talks in Istanbul on Wednesday.
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RBC Ukraine on MSNZelenskyy, Putin, and humanitarian track: Istanbul talks revealedThe third round of negotiations in Istanbul between Ukraine and Russia has concluded. The two sides agreed to conduct another major prisoner exchange and issued a series of statements. RBC-Ukraine summarizes the key outcomes of the third meeting.
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Russian forces, meanwhile, pounded four Ukrainian cities in nighttime attacks that officials said killed a child.
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ready to move toward a peace settlement for Ukraine but Moscow's main objective is to achieve its goals, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television in a clip published on Sunday.
Russia said that it expected talks with Ukraine later on Wednesday in Istanbul to be "difficult", downplaying expectations of a breakthrough at a meeting between the two sides after nearly three and a half years of war.
Russia unleashes fresh drones and missiles onslaught on Ukraine's civilians in defiance of US demands for an end to the war, even as there is talk of a fresh summit to try and end the conflict