内容摘要：This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the Belaya Air Base in the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia in Russia on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

This satellite image from Planet Labs PBC shows damage after a Ukrainian drone attack targeted the Belaya Air Base in the Irkutsk region of eastern Siberia in Russia on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (Planet Labs PBC via AP)

” to help end the war.Leo urged Putin to make a gesture that would promote peace and stressed the importance of dialogue, the Vatican said.

Russia and Ukraine had exchanged memos setting out their conditions for a ceasefire for discussion Monday in Istanbul, the second direct meeting in just over two weeks.Russia and Ukraine have established red lines that make a quick deal unlikely. The Kremlin’s proposal contained a list of demands that Kyiv and its Western allies see as nonstarters.The second round of talks lasted just over an hour and made no progress on ending the war, with the sides agreeing only to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops.

Also, a new prisoner exchange with Russia could take place over the weekend, Zelenskyy said.He described the latest negotiations as “a political performance” and “artificial diplomacy” designed to stall for time, delay sanctions and convince the United States that Russia is engaged in dialogue.

In tandem with the talks, both sides have kept up military actions along the roughly 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line.

Ukraine’s Security Service gave more details Wednesday about its— the military organization’s biggest planning shakeup since the Cold War — to defend its territory from an attack by Russia or another major adversary.

Under the plans, NATO would aim to have up to 300,000 troops ready to move to its eastern flank within 30 days, although experts suggest the allies would struggle to muster those kinds of numbers.The member countries are assigned roles in defending NATO territory across three major zones — the high north and Atlantic area, a zone north of the Alps, and another in southern Europe.

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