Russia-Ukraine war live: US and European negotiators head to London for peace talks as Russian attacks continue
David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, will host US and European negotiators for fresh talks about Ukraine todayFor today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Nimo Omer spoke to the Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh:Though Vladimir Putin has paid lip service to the idea of peace, he has not seemed “particularly serious in his desire”, Dan Sabbagh says, in part because Moscow has continued to pursue its maximalist objectives of controlling all of Ukraine’s partially occupied provinces – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.Sign up for the First Edition newsletter, our free daily news email Continue reading...

David Lammy, the UK foreign secretary, will host US and European negotiators for fresh talks about Ukraine today
For today’s First Edition newsletter, my colleague Nimo Omer spoke to the Guardian’s defence and security editor, Dan Sabbagh:
Though Vladimir Putin has paid lip service to the idea of peace, he has not seemed “particularly serious in his desire”, Dan Sabbagh says, in part because Moscow has continued to pursue its maximalist objectives of controlling all of Ukraine’s partially occupied provinces – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Sign up for the First Edition newsletter, our free daily news email Continue reading...