War in Ukraine: Latest developments
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine: Turkey says Russia, Ukraine 'close to agreement' Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu says Russia and Ukraine have made progress on their negotiations to halt the invasion and are "close to an agreement". Turkey says it is also ready to host a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin. 'Time to meet', says Zelensky Zelensky calls for urgent talks with Russia, saying in a Facebook video that they are the "only chance for Russia to minimise the damage done with their own mistakes". Zelensky has been pushing for direct talks with Putin. Hypersonic weapons Russia says for a second day in a row it has fired its newest hypersonic missiles in Ukraine, destroying a fuel storage site in the country's south. US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin says that even if Russia is using such weapons, they are not a "game changer" in the war. China says not arming Russia China's ambassador to the US says his country is not sending weapons to Russia for use in Ukraine, but he does not definitively rule out the possibility Beijing might do so in the future. Beijing has so far resisted western...