内容摘要：At a kitchen in Gaza City, a charity group distributed watery lentil soup.

At a kitchen in Gaza City, a charity group distributed watery lentil soup.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow would give Ukraine a draft document outlining its conditions for a “sustainable, long-term, comprehensive” peace agreement, once the ongoing prisoner exchange had finished.Firefighters extinguish a fire in a residential building damaged after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025 (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)

Firefighters extinguish a fire in a residential building damaged after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, May 24, 2025 (AP Photo/Alex Babenko)European leaders have accused Russian Presidentof dragging his feet in peace efforts while he tries to press his larger army’s battlefield initiative and capture more Ukrainian land.

The Istanbul meeting revealed that both sides remained far apart on key conditions for ending the fighting. One such condition for Ukraine, backed by its Western allies, is a temporary ceasefire as a first step toward a peaceful settlement.Russia’s Defense Ministry said that overnight and early on Saturday its forces shot down over 100 Ukrainian drones over six provinces in western and southern Russia.

The drone strikes injured three people in the Tula region south of Moscow, local Gov. Dmitriy Milyaev said, and sparked a fire at an industrial site there.

Andriy Kovalenko, of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, said Saturday the drones hit a plant in Tula that makes chemicals used in explosives and rocket fuel.During his party’s three years out of power,

has evolved into a less confrontational and more responsive political leader, said Monash University political expert Zareh Ghazarian.“He presented himself as a tough leader. But the more he’s spent time in opposition, the more he has built his leadership repertoire,” Ghazarian said.

Dutton has signaled that his international priorities would differ from those of recent prime ministers if his party wins elections.Australian prime ministers are expected to make their first overseas trips to Asia, usually heading to Indonesia to underscore the importance of that bilateral relationship with a near neighbor; Dutton has said he plans to go first to the United States to meet President Donald Trump and secure preferential trade terms.