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China’s Xi Jinping held a video call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to discuss bilateral ties and exchange strategies and views on current geopolitical tensions. The call between the two allies came just before President Xi held a wide-ranging phone call with US President Donald Trump.

US president says he made appeal to Russian leader, but no ceasefire has been confirmed by Moscow or Kyiv

Second day of landmark negotiations came as dozens injured and one killed in major Russian missile and drone attack, according to Ukrainian officials

Move could feasibly allow Russian missiles to reach European targets faster from Belarus, its neighbouring ally that also shares a border with Nato countries Poland, Lithuania and Latvia

Zelensky says Russia fabricated the alleged strike.

US President Donald Trump has said that he and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky were "getting a lot closer, maybe very close" to an agreement to end the war in Ukraine, but acknowledged that the fate of the Donbas region remains a key unresolved issue.

Sunday's meeting between Trump and Zelensky comes at the height of Trump's diplomatic push to reach a peace agreement.

President Donald Trump will host Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to try to close out a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia that would end nearly four years of war

European leaders may take part online as Zelensky looks to ‘finalise’ an agreement he says is ‘90% completed’