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.

Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Sochi resort while Russian forces bombarded Odessa's residential areas and historic Pryvoz market, hours after ceasefire talks collapsed.

Workers constructing a nuclear power station in Turkey staged a riot after not being paid for three months. The Akkuyu Nuclear Power Plant in Mersin southern Turkey is being built by the Russian state energy company Rosatom.

Turkey, a NATO ally, has positioned itself as a neutral player in the Ukraine war — as being pro-Ukrainian without being anti-Russian.

(Reuters) -Ukraine brought home a new group of prisoners of war from Russia on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, saying it brought to more than 1,000 the number of returning soldiers as agreed at talks in Turkey. Zelenskiy, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said those returning were ill or seriously wounded.

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Here are the details of the European Union's 18th package of sanctions against Russia over its war in Ukraine, approved on Friday and aimed at dealing further blows to Russia's oil and energy industry.

The 18th package of sanctions approved by the EU countries envisages a ban on imports from third countries of refined products derived from Russian oil. The main suppliers are India, where Rosneft operates a half-owned refinery, and Turkey, which has made billions selling supposedly refined Russian fuel to Europe.