Two rounds of talks in Istanbul between Moscow and Kyiv have failed to result in any progress towards a ceasefire, instead yielding large-scale prisoner exchanges and deals to return the bodies of killed soldiers. Moscow and Kyiv are menacing each other with swarms of cheap drones to overwhelm each other’s air defense, as the warring sides said on Saturday they had intercepted hundreds of drones, now launched in large amounts almost daily. The European Union on Friday agreed an 18th package of sanctions on Moscow that targets Russian banks and lowers a price cap on oil exports, in a bid to curb its ability to fund the war.
Published at: 2025-07-19 20:38:49
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