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President Donald Trump on Friday sounded an optimistic note about efforts to halt the fighting in Russia's war with Ukraine, but he added a sense of urgency to stave off a "horrible massacre." In a post on the Truth Social social media platform,

Talks in Moscow with a U.S. special envoy indicated that Russia was keen to keep negotiating with the United States over Ukraine.

Russia's Security Council's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the Council for Science and Education at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in the Moscow region's city of Dubna,

President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Ukrainian troops have not been encircled by Russian forces in Kursk region, accusing Russian leader Vladimir Putin of “lying” about the situation on the ground.