Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has expressed hope that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia will be arranged in the near future, leading to an end to the war. Source: Erdoğan after a Turkish government meeting,

Kyiv and Moscow will hold a new round of peace talks — the first in seven weeks — on Wednesday in Turkey, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Dmitry Medvedev hit back at Graham's demands to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine saying: "Work on America first, gramps!"

Delegates from Russia and Ukraine have held peace talks in Turkey, according to Russia's state-owned press agency, TASS. Meanwhile, at home, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is facing the first major protest against his government since the war began.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed Russia would prefer to resolve the conflict through dialogue, but said military operations continue because "opponents rejected the path of negotiations."

The European Union’s trade agreement with the Trump administration is getting mixed reviews. EU officials say they warded off a total economic disaster. But French officials in particular say the EU punched below its weight while economists say the deal is dangerously vague.