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Trump is giving Putin another olive branch to try and not look weak when the deadline passes.

Ankara is aiming to dodge President Donald Trump’s threat of sanctions against countries that trade with Russia. While Turkey is the third largest importer of Russian goods, it has largely escaped international sanctions against Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. However, with Trump vowing to get tough with Moscow if…

Putin claims, without providing evidence, that Ukraine was involved in the attack, an allegation Kyiv vehemently denies.

Steve Witkoff to travel to Moscow before US president’s Friday deadline after which new sanctions could be imposed

Video shows black smoke pouring from facility in Sochi, while Russian attack on Mykolaiv wounds seven people

Shadows Project, an NGO founded following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, has partnered with St Sophia’s Cathedral in Kyiv to digitally preserve over 7,500 inscriptions on its walls.

ON THE GROUND: Askold Krushelnycky examines how Donald Trump’s fluctuating position on the Ukraine war has encouraged Kyiv to look closer to home to produce the weapons it needs to fight Russia

Russian missile strikes on Mykolaiv injured seven people, while Ukraine's air force intercepted 60 drones. Ukrainian forces hit an oil depot in Russia's Sochi.

Witnesses hear blast shaking city shortly after midnight on Sunday; Ukraine strikes in Russia kill three people, officials say. What we know on day 1,257

In a social media post, Governor of the Samara Oblast region, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, confirmed the drone strike on Novokuibyshevsk, writing "Enemy UAVs attacked one of the industrial facilities in Novokuibyshevsk this morning. Emergency services are working at the scene".

Russia’s territorial gains increased for a fourth straight month in July, according to data analysis, as EU foreign policy chief calls airstrike ‘depraved’. What we know on day 1,256