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Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia had refrained from large-scale missile strikes but continued attacks along the front lines, prompting Ukraine to return fire.
Similarly, Russia's defense ministry accused Ukraine of launching thousands of drones into Russian airspace, to which it said Russia responded in kind.
Yet there were no disruptions during Russia's military parade on Red Square Saturday, an event scaled back amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes.
During that ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted his forces would prove victorious against an aggressive Ukraine backed by NATO, only to later suggest he remained open to diplomatic efforts to bring the war to a close.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said Russia had refrained from large-scale missile strikes, but continued attacks along the front lines, prompting Ukraine to return fire.
Similarly, Russia's defense ministry accused Ukraine of launching thousands of drones into Russian airspace, to which it said Russia responded in kind.
Yet there were no disruptions during Russia's military parade on Red Square Saturday,
An event scaled back amid fears of Ukrainian drone strikes.
During that ceremony, Russian President Vladimir Putin insisted his forces would prove victorious against an aggressive Ukraine backed by NATO, only to later suggest he remained open to diplomatic efforts to bring the war to a close.
Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.
The Trump administration first introduced the sanctions waiver in March, part of an attempt to level out global energy prices amid the war in Iran.
The policy's extension effectively allows countries to legally purchase previously sanctioned Russian oil for the second month in a row.
envoy, Kirill Dmitriev, said the move amounted to an acknowledgment of the crucial role of Russian energy in maintaining the stability of the global economy.
Dmitriev predicted more than 100 million additional barrels of Russian oil would soon reach global markets.
sanctions waiver say it provides the Kremlin with a windfall for its war in Ukraine in a moment when the Russian economy had otherwise been struggling.
The Kremlin's lead negotiator, Vladimir Medinsky, gave no explanation for the abrupt end to the meetings, described them as difficult and businesslike, and said they would continue at a later date.