New day of war in Ukraine, with President Volodymyr Zelensky expected during the day in Istanbul , on a visit at the invitation of Turkish President Erdogan .

It is the first meeting between the two in Turkey since the conflict began on February 24, 2022.

The Kremlin has announced that it is ready to follow their meeting "closely" , not excluding a face-to-face meeting between Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin, as reported by spokesman Dmitry Peskov. Russia "keeps the door open" for possible peace negotiations in Ukraine, even if at the moment it sees no "prospects" in this sense, Peskov then specified.

Meanwhile the United States is preparing to supply cluster bombs to Kiev . "Without long-range weapons it is difficult not only to carry out offensive missions but also, to be honest, defensive operations," Zelensky said. "We are discussing it with the United States, at the moment it depends on them," he added.

Tensions remain high around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant , on which Moscow and Kiev are bouncing the accusations of an imminent attack with catastrophic consequences for Europe and the entire globe.

During the night, the Russian armed forces attacked the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk with Iranian Shahed drones, killing two . "At night the enemy attacked the region with the Shahed" explain the local authorities. "The drones were shot down by the defenders of the Vostok military group", but "the wreckage of one of them fell on a car traveling along the road" and "unfortunately two men were killed".

(Unioneonline/vl)

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