Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are set to meet in Istanbul on Wednesday for a third round of talks since May, though little progress on ending their three-year-old war is expected as positions remain far apart.

MOSCOW: Moscow on Tuesday once again downplayed expectations for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine and

Ukraine and Russia have agreed to ceasefire talks but the Kremlin is unlikely to give up their demands for Ukrainian territory, restating their war goals

The Kremlin has confirmed its interest in a third round of negotiations proposed by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky between Kiev and Moscow to end the war. At the previous meeting, both sides exchanged their position papers,

A Russian glide bomb attack killed a 10-year-old boy in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk, the head of the city’s military administration, Oleksandr Honcharenko, said. The bomb, which caused a fire in an apartment building, also wounded five others, Honcharenko added.

Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving its goals remains a priority, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Sunday, days after U.S. President Donald Trump gave Moscow a 50-day deadline to agree to a ceasefire or face tougher sanctions.

Hungary’s move comes as EU lawmakers and governments negotiate legislation to end Russian gas imports by 2027.

The Kremlin said on Monday that it did not rule out the possibility of a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump if the Russian and U.S. presidents were both in Beijing at the same time in September.

Trump issued a theatrical ultimatum to the Kremlin. The world shuddered, expecting the consequences. Belligerent Europe was disappointed. Russia didn’t care,” one of Putin’s top

Ali Larijani, senior adviser to Iran’s Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, held talks on nuclear affairs with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Sunday, according to the Kremlin.

Russia-Azerbaijan relations are going through a difficult phase but Moscow is hopeful they will recover, the Kremlin said on Monday.