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Russian and Ukrainian officials are set to meet on Monday in Istanbul to exchange proposals aimed at ending the war that has raged for over three years, marking Europe’s most devastating conflict since World War II. The high-stakes diplomatic effort comes a day after Ukraine claimed responsibility for one of its most successful attacks to…

Russian and Ukrainian officials have signed a deal to allow grain exports from Ukrainian Black Sea ports, as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said the agreement would help ease a global food crisis. The neighbouring, warring countries are among the world’s biggest exporters of food, but Russia’s invasion led to…