Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have held a call ahead of more talks with Russia. Meanwhile, experts say the fifth year of war has not started well for Moscow - and Putin may have to consider a move unpopular with the Russian people.

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With the US determined to establish control over Venezuela, Russia stands to lose a strategic foothold in the Western Hemisphere, along with billions of dollars invested in its oil industry. A so-called "coalition of the willing" could keep the peace in disputed territories.

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian oil tanker on fire in Mediterranean ‘after drone attack’ - Ukrainian leader says trilateral peace talks to end war can be held in Turkey or Switzerland

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This is Kateryna Hodunova reporting from Kyiv on day 1,444 of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Syrskyi said the operations disrupted Russian plans to seize Donetsk Oblast and ...

Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine exactly four years ago, AFP has used open-source data and satellite imagery to support reporting by its teams on the ground.