Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, and Britain’s Defence Secretary John Healey, center, speak to a member of staff during a visit to the BAE Systems’Govan facility, in Glasgow, Scotland, Monday June 2, 2025. (Andy Buchanan, Pool Photo via AP)

It could also make Moscow behave even more aggressively toward Ukraine as the two countries struggle to find common ground in peace talks.

Russian media publishes Moscow's official peace demands 34% of Russian strategic Russian bombers at main airfields damaged in Ukrainian drone operation, SBU reports Over 160 Ukrainian drones downed across Russia,

The Russian delegation at the Istanbul talks presented its demands for a ceasefire, which the Ukrainians will study over the next seven days

ISTANBUL (AP) — Delegations from Russia and Ukraine met Monday in Turkey for their second round of direct peace talks in just over two weeks, although expectations were low for any significant progress on ending the3-year-old war after a string of stunning attacks over the weekend.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Defense Minister Rustem Umerov would sit down with Russian officials at the second round of peace talks on Monday.

Russia has not yet responded to Ukraine's memorandum on a complete ceasefire. According to Ukraine's Defense Minister and head of the Ukrainian delegation, Rustem Umerov, it is expected that Moscow will review the document for another week.

The head of Ukraine's SBU sec urity service, Lieutenant General Vasyl Malyuk, said on Monday that Kyiv hit 41 aircraft, including Tu-95 and Tu-22 strategic bom bers Russia has used extensively to fire long-range missiles at Ukraine.