MOSCOW: Russia is still committed to achieving peace in Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (Jul 29), in the first reaction to US President Donald Trump cutting his deadline for Moscow to cease fire in the conflict.

BILENKE (Ukraine): The Kremlin said on Tuesday that it wanted peace in Ukraine, hours after mounting attacks that killed at least 25 people, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates.

The warring sides remain far apart after the third round of U.S.-brokered peace negotiations on Wednesday. But there was progress on humanitarian issues.

Russian and Ukrainian negotiators met in Istanbul on Wednesday for their first peace talks in more than seven weeks, with Moscow under pressure from U.S. President Donald Trump to strike a deal or face tough new sanctions.

Four powerful Russian glide bombs hit a prison in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, authorities said. They killed at least 16 inmates and wounded more than 90 others, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry said.

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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.

Baltic defense ministers Dovile Sakaliene, Andris Spruds and Hanno Pevkur try to find ‘Common Ground’ on efforts to end the war in Ukraine on ‘Special Report.’