“During yesterday’s talks with Trump’s envoy Witkoff, Vladimir Putin reiterated that Russia is ready to resume negotiations with Ukraine without any preconditions,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov.

Union minister Piyush Goyal has said that terror attacks like the one in Pahalgam would continue to disturb the nation as long as all 140 crore Indians don’t regard patriotism and nationalism as their “paramount dharma”.

Ukraine denies Russian claims it has been forced out of the border region. 

​Ukraine denies Russian claims it has been forced out of the border region.