Russia has been attempting ― and failing ― to take the whole country since February 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has ruled out ceding territory as part of the talks. “There is nothing to talk about,” Zelenskyy said Tuesday. “It is our land, the land of the Ukrainian people.”

The Kremlin said it reserves the right to use nuclear weapons if it faces aggression by Western countries. Overnight, Moscow attacked Kyiv, killing at least eight people.