Peace talks and a settlement in Ukraine have never been on the real agenda of the West, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, in her first comments on negotiations since Russian and Ukrainian officials held talks on Wednesday.

Kyiv and Moscow will hold a new round of peace talks — the first in seven weeks — on Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Delegates from Russia and Ukraine have held peace talks in Turkey, according to Russia's state-owned press agency, TASS. Meanwhile, at home, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing the first major protest against his government since the war began.

MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian negotiators are flying to Turkey for the first peace talks with Ukraine in more than seven weeks, Russian news agencies reported on Wednesday. State agency TASS said talks would take place later on Wednesday in Istanbul.

No casualties recorded in Kyiv’s first loss of a Mirage jet since Ukraine’s military started receiving them this year

Russia has promised that no 18-year-olds will be sent to fight in Ukraine, but the BBC finds many have already been killed.

Ukrainian drones hit a radio and electronic warfare equipment plant in Russia's Stavropol region in an overnight attack on Saturday, an official from the SBU security service told Reuters.