A serviceman fires a 2S7 Pion self-propelled gun toward Russian positions, Donetsk region, Ukraine. REUTERS/Anatolii Stepanov
Russian and Ukrainian officials are due to sit down for their second round of direct peace talks with no sign they are any closer to an agreement, one day after Kyiv struck some of Moscow’s nuclear-capable bombers. Max Hunder joins the Reuters World News podcast with the latest on the attacks and the upcoming talks
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