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Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff has arrived in Moscow and is due to meet the Russian president today
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Russia<\/a> claims it has captured the key strategic city of Pokrovsk, in what would be Moscow<\/a>‘s most significant battlefield victory in Ukraine<\/a> in over a year.
The Kremlin<\/a>‘s claim came ahead of crucial peace talks in Moscow that are due to involve Vladimir Putin<\/a> and US<\/a> president Donald Trump<\/a>‘s special envoy Steve Witkoff on Tuesday.
Ukraine has been fighting fiercely to hold on to Pokrovsk <\/a>for months, and did not acknowledge Moscow’s claim late on Monday. Russia claimed its flag had been raised over the city’s central square, and that Putin was informed of its capture on Sunday.
Ukraine’s latest update reported 43 Russian attacks in the sector around Pokrovsk yesterday, suggesting fighting is still ongoing.
Witkoff’s visit to Moscow comes after US and Ukrainian officials discussed a framework for a peace deal in Florida<\/a> this weekend. Zelensky has said the terms now “look better” for Kyiv but there is little suggestion that Russia and Ukraine are closer to resolving any of the key issues blocking an agreement.
Russian officials have criticised Nato\u2019s decision to contemplate \u201cpre-emptive action\u201d against increasing Russian hybrid warfare targeting European nations.
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, an Italian who serves as chair of the Nato Military Committee, said the alliance may need to adopt a more \u201caggressive\u201d approach to deter Moscow from continuing its campaign of drone incursions and cyber attacks in Europe.
Such comments, Russia\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said, were seen by Moscow as “an extremely irresponsible step, indicating the alliance’s readiness to continue moving towards escalation”.
\u201cWe see in it a deliberate attempt to undermine efforts to overcome the Ukrainian crisis,” she said.
\u201cThe people making such statements should be aware of the risks and possible consequences, including for the alliance members themselves,\u201d the spokesperson said.
Nato<\/a> is considering \u201cpre-emptive\u201d action against Russia<\/a> following a string of hybrid attacks on Europe<\/a>, a senior official in the alliance has warned.
Admiral Giuseppe Cavo Dragone, an Italian who serves as chair of the Nato Military Committee, said the alliance may need to adopt a more \u201caggressive\u201d approach to deter Moscow from continuing its campaign of drone incursions and cyber attacks<\/a> in Europe.
A recent Financial Times <\/em>investigation revealed how Nato has been put on high alert after three vessels in the Baltic Sea were accused of dragging their anchors in a bid to damage energy and communication cables, with a total of 11 incidents recorded.
Other incidents include frequent cyber attacks on European countries and incursions of Russian drones into Nato airspace.
Admiral Dragone told the FT <\/em>that the alliance was \u201cstudying everything\u201d in deciding how to respond.
French president Emmanuel Macron yesterday praised US-led efforts to end the Ukraine war, but warned that a peace plan can \u201conly be finalised with Europeans around the table\u201d.
Macron said the talks are still in a “preliminary phase” but called the flurry of diplomatic activity “a moment that could be a turning point” for the future of peace in Ukraine and security in Europe.
\u201cToday, there isn’t a finalised plan on territorial questions. These can only be finalised by President Zelensky,” Macron said at a press conference alongside his Ukrainian counterpart.
Last week, Macron urged Western allies to bring “rock-solid” security guarantees to Ukraine in case a ceasefire or a peace deal is reached.
He has endorsed deploying a “reassurance force” on land, at sea and in the air to help ensure the country’s security. The French president said Monday that the coming days will see “crucial discussions” between US officials and Western partners, who would aim to clarify US participation in security guarantees.
Macron’s office said he and Zelensky held talks with other European partners including leaders from Britain, Germany, Poland, Italy, Norway, Finland, Denmark and the Netherlands. Also included were European Union officials Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen and Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte.
Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken optimistically about the process of revising the Trump administration’s peace plan, saying “it looks better” and talks continue on how to end Russia’s war.
\u201cToday, following the work of the teams in the United States, head of the Ukrainian delegation Rustem Umerov reported on the main parameters of the dialogue, its emphases, and some preliminary results. It is important that the talks have a constructive dynamic and that all issues were discussed openly and with a clear focus on ensuring Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and national interests,\u201d he said in a post on X late on Sunday.
He thanked US president Donald Trump\u2019s team, and \u201cthe president personally for the time that is being invested so intensively in defining the steps to end the war\u201d.
Deaths and injuries from landmines and unexploded ordnance hit a four-year high in 2024, driven by conflicts in Syria and Myanmar as well as European countries moving to withdraw from the treaty banning their use, a new report showed on Monday.
Over 6,000 incidents were recorded last year, including 1,945 deaths and 4,325 injuries – the highest annual total since 2020, according to the Landmine Monitor 2025 report. Nearly 90% were civilians, with almost half women and children.
Ukraine announced its withdrawal from the Convention on June 29. Military analysts said that doing so could help slow the Russian advances Kyiv is struggling to contain over three years after Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
The report documented signs of new Ukrainian mine use. Russia and Myanmar, non-signatories, used landmines extensively, the report said.
The Belarusian Foreign Ministry has lodged a protest with Lithuania over an alleged border violation by a drone, Russia’s Tass state news agency reported.
A Lithuanian drone violated Belarus’ border on 30 November, TASS cited the ministry as saying on Monday.
It follows a wave of allegations Russia has been responsible for drone incursions into Nato territory in recent months.
Volodymyr Zelensky has touched down in Dublin Airport for his first official visit to Ireland.
The Ukrainian president\u2019s plane landed shortly before 11pm tonight. He is being joined by Ukraine\u2019s First Lady, Olena Zelenska.
Taoiseach Miche\u00e1l Martin and minister of state at the Department of Foreign Affairs Thomas Byrne greeted Mr Zelensky on Dublin Airport\u2019s runway.
Mr Zelensky will hold bilateral talks with the taoiseach and will visit newly inaugurated Irish president Catherine Connolly<\/a> in \u00c1ras an Uachtar\u00e1in on Tuesday.
He is also expected to address the D\u00e1il and the Seanad, the two houses of the Irish parliament.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said the capture of the key Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk would enable the military to proceed with its tasks in its offensive operations in Ukraine, according to Russian news agencies.
“This is an important direction. We all understand just how important. It will ensure solutions going forward to the tasks we initially set at the beginning of the special military operation,” Putin was quoted as saying during a visit on Sunday to a command post.
Russia refers to its more than 3-1\/2-year-old invasion of Ukraine as a special military operation.
“Russia’s armed forces are confidently holding the initiative and continue to carry out the operation’s tasks. Russian forces are advancing on practically all directions.”
Ukraine, Putin was quoted as saying, was unable to react to the advances of the Russian military and he singled out successes recorded further south in Zaporizhzhia region.
In his remarks, Putin also described heavy losses that he said had been sustained by Ukrainian forces in the fighting as “the tragedy of the Ukrainian people”.
Ukraine’s president has spoken optimistically about revising the Trump administration’s peace plan, saying “it looks better” and the work will continue during talks on how to end Russia’s nearly four-year war.
Volodymyr Zelensky spoke after meeting France’s president in the latest discussions aimed at brokering the terms for a potential ceasefire in the largest armed conflict in Europe since the Second World War.
Mr Zelensky’s visit to Paris followed Sunday’s meeting between Ukrainian and US officials, which secretary of state Marco Rubio described as productive.
The two sides have worked to revise the proposed US-authored plan that was developed in negotiations between Washington and Moscow but criticised as being too weighted towards Russian demands.
“It’s a process, it’s not over yet,” Mr Zelensky said. He called the topic of Ukraine’s control over its territories “the most complicated” in the discussions.
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