The president announced that “Russia and Ukraine will immediately start negotiations toward a Ceasefire and, more importantly, an END to the War.”

Putin said efforts to end the war were "generally on the right track" and that Moscow was ready to work with Ukraine on a potential peace deal.

Russia is preparing to launch a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to Ukraine’s military intelligence service. Kyiv’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (GUR) reported that Moscow plans to deploy the missile as early as this week in a move designed to intimidate Ukraine and Western nations.

Man who stabbed bestselling author sentenced The 27-year-old man who attempted to assassinate author Salman Rushdie has been sentenced to 25 years in prison. Rushdie suffered more than a dozen knife wounds and lost his vision in one eye during the 2022 attack.

Finland will supply 90 million euros ($101.35 million) of ammunition to Ukraine by using proceeds from Russian financial assets frozen by the European Union after Moscow's full-scale invasion in 2022,