RUSSIA STRIKES UKRAINE WITH MISSILES AND DRONES: DEAD AND WOUNDEDBLIND SPOTS

The Kremlin, through spokesperson Dmitri Peskov, links the expansion of the "buffer zone" to Ukrainian strikes on Russian soil and rules out immediate negotiations.

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Germany's Foreign Minister, Johann Wadephul, believes that despite the escalation, a "favorable moment" for negotiations has arrived, according to comments reported in the Tagesspiegel.

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As the US prepares for upcoming elections in September, Russian opposition figure Maxim Katz, now in exile, suggests that fuel shortages are the first tangible experience of war for ordinary Russians, a perspective being closely followed by the US government (Fox News)

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