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As Russian and Ukrainian delegations prepare for their first face-to-face meeting in more than two weeks in

to negotiate a

, the

continues unabated on the thirty-third day of

's military campaign in the neighboring country, and

he fears a new Russian offensive.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of

has estimated this Monday in about

17,000

soldiers killed and wounded since the beginning of the

when reporting the number of total casualties, which does not specify how many died.

The Ukrainian city of

, on the outskirts of

, has been liberated from Russian troops, according to its mayor,

through his Telegram account.

"Irpin is free from the Russian horror. Glory to

," is the message conveyed by the mayor, according to the Ukrainian news portal

.

Markushyn, however, warns his citizens not to try to return for the time being, "as the situation remains very dangerous."

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7.26

Japan will ask companies not to pay in rubles for purchases from Russia

The chief secretary of the Japanese cabinet,

, has advanced this Tuesday that he will ask Japanese companies to refuse to pay

in rubles , especially in the energy sector.

Russia

last week demanded that "enemy" countries pay in rubles, not euros, for their gasoline after the

and its European allies joined in a series of sanctions targeting

.

Reuters reports

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7.24

Anti-aircraft sirens throughout Ukraine in hopes of reaching a ceasefire with Russia in the new negotiations

Air raid sirens have sounded across

before dawn on Tuesday, as

and

negotiators prepare to meet in

for a new round of face-to-face talks, with

seeking a ceasefire without compromising the territory. or sovereignty.

Ukraine

and

have little hope of making progress at Tuesday's meeting, the first direct talks between the two sides in more than two weeks, even though

's invasion appears to have stalled on several fronts.

More than a month after the start of the war, the largest attack on a European nation since

, more than 3.8 million people have fled abroad, thousands have been killed and injured, and

's economy has collapsed.

has been affected by sanctions.

In the besieged southern port city of

, nearly 5,000 people have died, including some 210 children, according to figures from the mayor.

Survivors tell harrowing stories of people dying from lack of medical treatment, bodies buried everywhere, and women giving birth in unprepared basements.

Foreign Minister

Dmitro

states, about the talks in Turkey: "We are not going to exchange people, land or sovereignty."

"The minimum program will be humanitarian issues, and the maximum program is to reach a ceasefire agreement," he has said on national television.

Reuters reports

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7.00

The Kremlin spokesman assures that Russia will use nuclear weapons only when there is "an existential threat to the state"

spokesman

Dmitri Peskov told US television that Russia would resort to

only in the event of a "threat to existence" to his country, and not as a result of the ongoing conflict with Ukraine.

"But any result of the operation (in Ukraine), of course,

" Peskov said.

"We have a security concept that states very clearly that only when there is a threat to the existence of the state, in our country, we can and will use nuclear weapons to eliminate the threat to the existence of our country."

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