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Kyiv has acknowledged that Russian troops have crossed into Ukraine’s eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk, after reports that two villages have been captured in the region.
"This is the first attack of such a large scale in Dnipropetrovsk region," Viktor Trehubov, of the Dnipro Operational-Strategic Group of Troops told the BBC
But he denied reports by authoritative Ukrainian battlefield analysts DeepState that Russian forces have occupied the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivk.
"Russians have entered (there) and are attempting to establish a foothold," Mr Trehubov told Reuters. "Our forces are fighting to maintain their positions."
Moscow said in July it had taken their first village in Dnipropetrovsk, which is not among the five Ukrainian regions Russia has claimed as its own territory.
It comes after Donald Trump says he believes Vladimir Putin is avoiding meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky simply due to personal animosity.
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Russia has been accused of being “disrespectful” to the peace process in its war with Ukraine, with the Government saying it is dragging its feet over talks.
Downing Street said Vladimir Putin was blatantly stalling progress, less than a fortnight since the Russian president met with US President Donald Trump in Alaska.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, along with European leaders, met Mr Trump in Washington days after the Alaska meeting to get an update on the talks.
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Donald Trump believes Vladimir Putin is avoiding meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky simply due to personal animosity.
The US president has been pushing to arrange a peace summit between the two leaders but his efforts have so far been rebuffed by Moscow.
Asked yesterday why Putin was refusing to meet Zelensky, Trump appeared once again to sympathise with the Russian leader.
“Because he doesn’t like him,” Trump said, adding: “I have people I don’t like, I don’t like to meet with them.”
Trump added that there could be consequences if Putin and Zelensky do not meet soon, though he did not specify what those would be.
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Ukraine says Russian forces have entered Dnipropetrovsk region
Ukrainian forces have said that Russian troops have crossed into Ukraine’s eastern industrial region of Dnipropetrovsk.
The Russian military seeks to establish a foothold in the region, Viktor Trehubov, of the Dnipro Operational-Strategic Group of Troops told the BBC.
"This is the first attack of such a large scale in Dnipropetrovsk region," he said.
Russia has claimed over the past months that it had entered the area, claims which had not been acknowledged by Kyiv.
Ukrainian open-source researchers said earlier on Tuesday that Russia had captured two villages in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, as Kremlin troops press an offensive amid a stalling diplomatic effort to end the war.
Russian forces now occupy the villages of Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka, according to DeepState, a group tracking battlefield developments. Moscow's defence ministry had previously reported capturing both villages.
Ukraine's military on Tuesday dismissed reports that Russian troops had occupied the villages as false.
"Russians have entered (there) and are attempting to establish a foothold," Ukrainian military spokesperson Viktor Trehubov told Reuters, referring to Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka. "Our forces are fighting to maintain their positions."
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Mr Kellogg said in Kyiv that officials are "hoping to get to a position where, in the near term, we have, with a lack of a better term, security guarantees" that address Ukraine's fears of another invasion by Russia in the future.
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