ANKARA (AA) - Anadolu Agency is here with a rundown of the latest developments around the world.
The next meeting of Russian and Ukrainian negotiating teams will be held in the Turkish metropolis Istanbul, the Turkish and Russian presidents agreed on Sunday.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described a fresh round of face-to-face talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators to be held in Istanbul, Turkiye as "not bad."
Zelenskyy also said that it would be possible for his country to adopt a formal non-nuclear status as part of a deal to end the war with Russia.
Joint Turkish production of a European missile was discussed when the Turkish president met with Italian and French leaders in Brussels earlier this week, according to Turkiye’s top diplomat.
The breakaway Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine may hold a referendum soon on joining Russia, said a separatist leader.
Some 16,600 Russian soldiers have been killed in Ukraine since the start of the war, the Ukrainian military said.
The number of civilians killed in Ukraine since Russia’s war on it began has climbed to 1,119 but is likely much higher, the UN said Sunday, as those fleeing the war have swelled to over 3.8 million.
The Russia-Ukraine war turned a city in eastern Ukraine into a ghost town.
France held talks with Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates on diversifying Europe's energy supplies in order to reduce the continent’s dependence on Russia.
The second black box has been recovered from the crash of China Eastern Airlines that killed all 132 people on board last week, authorities said Sunday.