A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas.

He added that he had scheduled a meeting with Ukraine’s negotiating team for Feb. 2 to finalize the framework of the talks and said the delegation would depart for Abu Dhabi later that evening. “Many leaders and many countries are involved in this process with us,

A new round of U.S.-brokered talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine is set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said Monday, with negotiations taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas.

A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed at least a dozen people, Ukrainian authorities said Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that the next round of peace talks between Russian and Ukrainian delegations will take place on Wednesday and Thursday.

A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro hit a bus carrying mineworkers and killed 15 people, Ukrainian emergency services said Sunday. The strike injured a further seven people and sparked a fire that was subsequently put out,

A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Dnipro has killed 15 people, according to Ukrainian emergency services

Three-way peace talks between Russia, Ukraine and the United States are to take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday. Direct negotiations between Kiev and Moscow had been expected to take place on Sunday to explore a path to peace following almost four years of conflict.

A Russian drone strike on a bus carrying miners killed at least 12 people, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced new peace talks amid uncertainty over a Russian suspension of attacks on energy infrastructure.