The head of the Operational Training Directorate of the Russian Armed Forces’ General Staff is killed when an explosive device detonated beneath his car in Moscow.

Officials from the United States and Ukraine issued a joint assessment on Sunday characterizing the latest round of peace negotiations in Miami as "productive and constructive," although no substantive breakthrough was announced in the ongoing efforts to resolve the nearly four-year conflict with Russia.

Russia says the chances of peace in Ukraine are hampered due to changes made by the Europeans and Ukrainians to the US proposals.

The British government has withdrawn its plan to use £8bn frozen Russian assets for Ukraine.

Ukraine says it has struck a Russian “shadow fleet” oil tanker in the Mediterranean Sea.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has called on IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi to maintain impartial and professional assessments of Iran’s nuclear program. 

Russia's President Vladimir Putin has stressed that the success of talks aimed to end the war in Ukraine hinges on the West and Kiev.