No negotiating agreement between Putin and Zelensky

Despite Turkey's efforts to organise talks, this did not happen, says Ukrainian President Mykhailo Podolyak's deputy, writes BBC.

Podolyak drew attention to growing hostilities in eastern Ukraine and Russian efforts to completely destroy “” southern port city of Mariupol.

Earlier, he said the blasts heard in three Russian provinces on the border with Ukraine were “carma” and retaliation for the country's invasion by Russia.

He declined to admit Ukraine was responsible for the incidents, in comments on the Telegram text app.

<x0HRS will have to write off” when a country decides to attack another country, he wrote.