Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 614
Ukraine and Russian need to negotiate an end to the conflict, says Putin ally Lukashenko; Ukrainian peace talks open in Malta without Moscow presentSee all our Ukraine war coverageRussia says it has shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over the Black Sea and the Crimean peninsula. There were claims in local media outlets that a fire at an oil refinery in the early hours of Sunday had been caused by a drone strike or debris from a downed drone. Ukraine has said it shot down five Iranian-made Shahed exploding drones launched from Russia overnight.State media in Russia has reported that more than 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in Yuzhno-Donetsk over the past 24 hours. The 58th motorised infantry, 79th air assault brigades of the Ukrainian Armed Forces and the 128th territorial defence brigade were reportedly involved in the attack by Russian troops.Russian forces are believed to have suffered some of the country’s biggest casualty rates so far this year as a result of continued “heavy but in
