Russia 'is demanding more Ukrainian territory than it currently holds' in peace talks while US is still eyeing a 'full-on' ceasefire - as Putin unleashes 139 drones in huge new attack

Accusations back and forth illustrate how difficult and fragile the situation is between both sides in this conflict and how difficult the task the American officials have ahead of them,

Jabbari explained

The Kyiv regime, while continuing to damage Russia’s civilian energy infrastructure, is actually doing everything it can to disrupt the Russian-American agreements,

it wrote

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Our position is simple: We cannot take this man at his word,

Lavrov said, echoing Zelensky's concerns

Oleksandr Vilkullocal official

Apparently, this is how the occupiers 'want peace',

Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the military administration, wrote on the Telegram messaging app, describing it as the war's biggest drone attack on the city

Grigory Karasinrussian senator

We talked about everything, it was an intense dialogue, not easy, but very useful for us and the Americans

Grigory Karasin, who is co-leading the Moscow delegation, told the state TASS news agency

There is no constitutional mechanism for regions to secede

One official told the Moscow Times