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The United States is aiming to secure a peace deal between Russia<\/a> and Ukraine<\/a> as early as next month, according to new reports.
Ukrainian negotiators and US officials discussed the ambitious target during discussions in Abu Dhabi this week, three sources told Reuters.
However, the timeline is likely to be delayed as both sides disagree on the key issue of territory, the report continued.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters that the Americans \u201cwant to do everything by June\u201d in comments on Friday that were embargoed until Saturday morning.
It comes after Russia<\/a> blamed Kyiv<\/a> for the shooting of a senior military general outside a residential building in Moscow<\/a>, state media reported.
The Kremlin claimed that Kyiv<\/a> was responsible for the shooting of Lieutenant General Vladimir Alexeyev, without providing evidence. Ukraine has not commented on the attack.
The suspect is said to have fled the scene after shooting Lieutenant General Alexeyev several times in the Russian capital. He is currently in the hospital.
Meanwhile, the US<\/a> is aiming to get a peace deal between Ukraine<\/a> and Russia<\/a> over the line in March despite a lack of progress on territorial concessions, according to reports.
The United Kingdom<\/a> has threatened to seize a Russia<\/a>-linked oil tanker<\/a> in an escalation of tensions<\/a> between the two countries over shadow fleets<\/a>.
Military options to capture a rogue ship had been identified in discussions <\/a>involving Nato<\/a> allies, British defence sources told The Guardian.<\/em>
The news comes weeks after the UK supported a US operation to seize a Russian-flagged tanker <\/a>in the North Atlantic.
Chinese scientists have developed a compact ultra-powerful energy generator, paving the way for next-generation weapons that could one day be turned on satellite swarms <\/a>like SpaceX\u2019s Starlink<\/a> constellation.
High-power microwave weapons<\/a> have gained traction in recent years as a low-cost alternative to missiles and guns due to their near-unlimited firing capacity.
Researchers in the US, Russia, and China<\/a> in particular have all been investigating whether the technology could be developed into directed-energy weapons<\/a> that can disrupt satellites.
Vishwam Sankaran reports:<\/em>
The United States is aiming to secure a peace deal between Russia<\/a> and Ukraine<\/a> as early as next month, according to new reports.
Ukrainian negotiators and US officials discussed the ambitious target during discussions in Abu Dhabi this week, three sources told Reuters.
However, the timeline is likely to be delayed as both sides disagree on the key issue of territory, the report continued.
President Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters that the Americans \u201cwant to do everything by June\u201d in comments on Friday that were embargoed until Saturday morning.
\u201cThe Americans are proposing the parties end the war by the beginning of this summer and will probably put pressure on the parties precisely according to this schedule,\u201d he said.
\u201cAnd they say that they want to do everything by June. And they will do everything to end the war. And they want a clear schedule of all events.\u201d
Moscow<\/a> launched over 400 drones \u2013 many of them shaheds \u2013 and about 40 missiles, targeting Ukraine’s power grid, generation facilities and distribution substations on Saturday, said President Volodymyr Zelensky.
\u201cUnfortunately, energy facilities have suffered significant damage, which has affected the energy situation across practically the entire country, resulting in major power outages,\u201d the Ukrainian leader wrote in a statement on X\/Twitter on Saturday.
\u201cThe Russians deliberately targeted, among other things, energy facilities on which depends the operation of Ukrainian nuclear power plants. This puts at risk not only our security in Ukraine, but also the shared regional and European security.\u201d
Russia is set to question two suspects in connection with the attempted assassination of top Russian military intelligence official General Vladimir Alexeyev, according to reports by Russia\u2019s Kommersant<\/em> on Saturday.
The two individuals will \u201csoon be interrogated\u201d, it said, but did not confirm if the people had been detained. Russia has not officially commented on the reports.
Alexeyev regained consciousness on Saturday after undergoing a successful surgery but remains under medical supervision, Kommersant<\/em> said.
A new wargame simulating a Russian incursion into Lithuania, carried out by ex-Nato and German officials, concluded that Moscow would \u201cachieve most of its goals\u201d within days.
The exercise envisaged a scenario where the Kremlin used bogus claims of a \u201chumanitarian crisis\u201d in the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to seize the Lithuanian city of Marijampole to its east, a key conurbation through which the road linking Russia and Belarus runs.
The scenario, which plays out in October 2026, suggests that an absence of US leadership and hesitancy from Nato countries could allow Moscow to gain total control over the Baltic within days, using an initial force of only 15,000 troops.
Alex Croft reports:<\/em>
Moscow<\/a> launched over 400 drones \u2013 many of them shaheds \u2013 and about 40 missiles, targeting Ukraine’s power grid, generation facilities and distribution substations, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
Ukraine\u2019s drones struck a Russian plant that makes missile fuel, according to the country\u2019s security agency in a statement on Saturday.
A huge fire is reported to have broken out at the plant in the Tver region of western Russia.
An official said that components for missile fuel for Russia’s X-55 and X-101 cruise missiles and other elements for diesel and aviation fuel were produced there.
\u201cEven a temporary shutdown complicates the production of rocket fuel and reduces the enemy’s ability to maintain the intensity of shelling of our cities,\u201d the official said.
Presiden Volodymyr Zelensky has insisted that Ukraine \u201cneeds results\u201d as days of peace talks concluded in Abu Dhabi this week.
He said that the trilateral talks would be set to continue next week and issued an update on discussions so far.
\u201cOur negotiating team delivered a report following meetings with the US and Russian sides,\u201d he wrote in a post on X\/Twitter on Saturday.
\u201cThey provided detailed updates on how the discussions unfolded and which particular points were most sensitive and which were constructive.
\u201cUkraine needs results, and one of the most important foundations for achieving lasting peace is effective security guarantees.
\u201cUkraine did not start this war; it is Russia that must bring it to an end. What matters is that our partners remain actively engaged, work for peace together and consider all realistic proposals.\u201d
He thanked the US and said \u201cmore progress is needed\u201d.
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