KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday renewed his offer to meet with Russia’s Vladimir Putin and negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, but hopes of progress were low as delegations prepared to hold another round of talks.

Prosecutor General of Ukraine Ruslan Kravchenko has convened with representatives of the Group of Seven (G7) countries, where they discussed "special operations to neutralise Russian influence on NABU [National Anti-Corruption Bureau - ed.

Russia attacked Ukraine with missiles and hundreds of drones overnight, killing two people, wounding 15 and causing damage and fires in several parts of the country, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Russia suffered approximately 1,044,250,080 casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 22, 2025, with 1,090 soldiers killed or wounded in the past 24 hours. — Ukrinform.

THE LAND ITSELF BEARS THE SCARS OF WAR, WITH WHOLE AREAS IMPASSABLE BECAUSE OF LANDMINES. KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN’S CAPITOL BUREAU CHIEF, JOHN GREENWALD, TOOK AN INDEPENDENT TRIP THERE IN THE SPRING. AND HE SHOWS US THE IMPACTS OF THE SECOND PART OF HIS WOUNDS OF WAR SERIES.

U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright said on Fox News on Tuesday that sanctioning Russian oil to end the Ukraine war is a "very real possibility."

Putin has spurned Zelensky’s previous offers of a face-to-face meeting to end Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II.

Moscow on Tuesday once again downplayed expectations for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine and did not confirm the date for a meeting in Istanbul set for Wednesday by Ukraine. Moscow's delegation at the last round of talks with Ukraine was led by a hawkish historian and the current head of the Russian Union of Writers,