The border has been breached; Headed to Russia; 50,000 soldiers have arrived

France and the UK are considering the possibility of sending peacekeepers to Ukraine to help stabilize the situation.

Andrii Sybiha: "It's a shame for humanity..."

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha called today to increase the pressure on Russia, after the missile strike on Kryvyi Rih with a ballistic missile that caused large civilian casualties, for which a special meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council was convened.

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Darchiev leads the Russian delegation at the negotiations with the USA in Istanbul

The Russian ambassador to Washington, Alexander Darchiev, will lead the Russian delegation at the talks with the United States in Istanbul, the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced.

The head of the US negotiating team will in turn be US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Russia and Central Europe Sonata Coulter.

"The venue, the professional format and the composition of the participants of the meeting remain unchanged. The consultations will be held in Istanbul," according to the press service of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

It is specified that during the consultation they will discuss the normalization of the functioning of the diplomatic missions of the two countries.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine invited the charge d'affaires of China for an interview

The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Andrii Sybiha, announced today that China's charge d'affaires in Ukraine was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for an interview after the Ukrainian army captured two Chinese fighters in the Donetsk region who were fighting on the side of Russia.

"We strongly condemn the participation of Chinese citizens in Russia's aggressive war against Ukraine, as well as their participation in hostilities against Ukrainian forces. China's chargé d'affaires in Ukraine was invited to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to condemn this fact and provide explanations," Sybiha wrote on the X platform.

He emphasized that the participation of Chinese citizens in "the Russian army's invasion of Ukraine calls into question China's declared position on peace and undermines confidence in Beijing as a responsible permanent member of the UN Security Council."

The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, announced earlier today that in the direction of Donetsk, Ukrainian soldiers captured two Chinese soldiers and engaged in a skirmish with six Chinese military personnel.

Peskov: Russian and American officials will hold new talks in Istanbul on April 10

Russian and American officials will hold new talks in Istanbul on April 10, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today.

Peskov said that Russia will be represented by officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, without specifying the issues to be discussed, Bloomberg reported.

The announcement of the date of the new meeting came after Russian President Vladimir Putin's representative, Kirill Dmitriev, returned from two days of meetings in the United States last week and hinted that there would be new talks.