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<\/div>\nImogen Dewey<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\nHello and welcome to the Europe live blog. We will be bringing you all the latest updates as Ukrainian and Russian officials meet for their second round of talks in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, brokered by the Trump administration. As Pjotr Sauer <\/strong>explains, the talks are expected to mirror last month\u2019s format<\/a> \u2013 but both sides have downplayed prospects of an immediate breakthrough.<\/p>\nHere are some of the latest major news lines to catch up on:<\/p>\n
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Ukraine\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,<\/strong> said Moscow carried out a massive and \u201cdeliberate\u201d attack<\/a> on Monday night into Tuesday as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
US president Donald Trump <\/strong>had said the new strikes did not \u2013 as Ukraine claimed \u2013 amount to a breach of Russia\u2019s week-long commitment to hold off on striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures, but Nato chief Mark Rutte <\/strong>said on Tuesday<\/a> that the attacks \u201cdid not \u201csignal seriousness about peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
Under a proposal discussed between Ukrainian, European and US officials, sources briefed on the discussions have told the Financial Times<\/a>, Kyiv has agreed with western allies that repeated breaches of any future ceasefire agreement from Russia would lead to a coordinated US-Europe military response.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n- \n
And meanwhile, as Julian Borger <\/strong>reports, the New Start treaty between the US and Russia expires on Thursday<\/a>, removing the last remaining mutual limits on the world\u2019s two biggest nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/div>\nImogen Dewey<\/span><\/div>\n<\/header>\n Hello and welcome to the Europe live blog. We will be bringing you all the latest updates as Ukrainian and Russian officials meet for their second round of talks in Abu Dhabi<\/strong>, brokered by the Trump administration. As Pjotr Sauer <\/strong>explains, the talks are expected to mirror last month\u2019s format<\/a> \u2013 but both sides have downplayed prospects of an immediate breakthrough.<\/p>\n Here are some of the latest major news lines to catch up on:<\/p>\n Ukraine\u2019s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy,<\/strong> said Moscow carried out a massive and \u201cdeliberate\u201d attack<\/a> on Monday night into Tuesday as temperatures in Kyiv plunged to -20C. It involved a record number of 71 ballistic missiles as well as 450 drones, he said, sent to destroy energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n US president Donald Trump <\/strong>had said the new strikes did not \u2013 as Ukraine claimed \u2013 amount to a breach of Russia\u2019s week-long commitment to hold off on striking Ukrainian energy infrastructure amid freezing winter temperatures, but Nato chief Mark Rutte <\/strong>said on Tuesday<\/a> that the attacks \u201cdid not \u201csignal seriousness about peace\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Under a proposal discussed between Ukrainian, European and US officials, sources briefed on the discussions have told the Financial Times<\/a>, Kyiv has agreed with western allies that repeated breaches of any future ceasefire agreement from Russia would lead to a coordinated US-Europe military response.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n And meanwhile, as Julian Borger <\/strong>reports, the New Start treaty between the US and Russia expires on Thursday<\/a>, removing the last remaining mutual limits on the world\u2019s two biggest nuclear arsenals.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n