Zelensky promises new law in response to anti-corruption protests as peace talks begin - Kyiv’s attack on powers of anti-corruption agencies branded ‘serious step back’ for country’s EU membership

Fresh talks in Istanbul have yielded agreements for new prisoner swaps, but both sides’ positions remain ‘quite distant’.

Ukraine said it would send a high-level negotiating team to Turkey peace talks with Russia, even as Moscow wrote off the talks before they had started.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday said Kyiv has proposed renewed peace talks with Moscow next week, urging direct negotiations with President Vladimir Putin. The call comes as Russian strikes killed at least three people in Ukraine,