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Belgium and France have summoned Russian diplomats to express their anger after Moscow urged tourists to leave Kyiv ahead of a “systematic attack”.

Brussels and Paris said on Wednesday that Declaration of Russia at the beginning of the week it was “unacceptable” and a violation of international law.

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The two are the latest in a series of major European Union issues seeking clarification. The dispute may not help pave the way for the EU to mediate talks to end the conflict, a plan that Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday he was ready to accept.

Germany, the Netherlands, Norway and the European Union summoned Russian delegations on Tuesday following Moscow’s warning that tourists and diplomats leave the Ukrainian capital before the start. air strikes again.

“Threatening diplomats is not a negotiation, it is a threat. And it is a violation of international law and the Vienna Convention,” Belgian Foreign Minister Maxim Prevot said on Wednesday.

“Belgium is not going anywhere. We are staying in Kyiv. We will stand with Ukraine. And we will not threaten,” he said, adding that Russia is the only cause of the conflict in Ukraine, and is urging Moscow to participate in “real negotiations” for peace.

The French Ministry of European and Foreign Affairs has also said that what Russia is doing shows its skepticism and contempt for international law.

“Following last weekend’s serious air attacks and the unacceptable threats against Ukrainian civilians and foreign embassies, the Ministry of European Economy and Foreign Affairs summoned the ambassador of the Russian Federation to France, at the request of the Minister,” read the statement.

Kyiv has asked the US for help in air defense

Russia’s Defense Ministry announced on Monday that it plans to launch “multiple attacks” on security forces in Kyiv, insisting that the planned attacks will be launched in the wake of last week’s attack on a Ukrainian airliner. student room in Starobilsk in the occupied Luhansk region.

Noting that such places are “scattered in Kyiv,” the statement says it warns “foreigners, including diplomatic and international personnel, to leave the city as soon as possible”.

Meanwhile, Moscow has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine since the attack on Luhansk. The Ukrainian military has denied responsibility for the strike on the student dormitory, saying it targeted a group of drone operators.

Russia fired 30 missiles at Ukraine in a major strike on Sunday, and only 11 of them were shot down, according to the Ukrainian military.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy On Wednesday he urged the President of the United States, Donald Trump, to help Ukraine with anti-aircraft and missile defense systems, saying that missiles remained “the last major opportunity for Moscow on the battlefield”.

In a letter to Trump and the US Congress, reported by the Reuters news agency, Zelenskyy said, “I am asking for your help in protecting the airspace of Ukraine from Russian missiles. We have already said that Ukraine is ready to buy the number of Patriot weapons and missiles that we need.”

Putin ready to negotiate with Europe

Washington has previously tried to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv, although it abandoned its efforts – which appeared to be in line with the Russian agenda – in the midst of the US war on Iran.

This has seen negotiations escalate over the EU’s ability to take the baton.

However, the idea remains controversial, with many EU officials and member states wary of dealing with Moscow, which they see as a betrayal of the negotiations.

The EU has pursued a policy of isolating Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine in 2022. It has imposed sanctions and had limited diplomatic and diplomatic relations with Russia.

But with US-led talks to end the conflict making little progress and the war now in its fifth year, some European officials said the EU must be ready when the time comes to negotiate with Moscow.

Russian President Vladimir Putin pushed his way into the conflict on Wednesday when he announced that he was open to talks with Europe, the RIA Novosti news agency said, citing the Kremlin.

EU foreign ministers are due to meet on Thursday to discuss how to respond to any future talks.

Moscow views the talks in Europe about the potential negotiators with Russia as a positive development, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Wednesday.

In early May, Russia and Ukraine agreed to a three-day ceasefire in a four-year conflictthat Moscow’s celebrations mark their victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 at the end of World War II, but fighting quickly resumed with both sides accusing the other of violating the treaty.

Wounded as the war continues

Fighting has continued as negotiations continue.

Russian troops captured the villages of Hraniv, northeast of Kharkiv in Ukraine, and Vozdvyzhivka, southeast of Zaporizhia, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s Interfax news agency reported that a man was killed and a woman and her two daughters were injured after Russian shells hit a stadium in Kherson in Korabelny district, according to an official.

Elsewhere in Kherson region, officials said a man was seriously injured in a Russian drone strike on a civilian vehicle in Dniprovsky district, while two civilians were injured in a separate drone attack in Komyshany, Interfax Ukraine reported.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian terrorists on Pavlohrad destroyed six buildings and set fire to another building without harming people, local officials said. Additional attacks in the districts of Nikopol and Synelnykove injured six people and destroyed houses and vehicles, according to the head of the regional administration Oleksandr Hanzha.

Interfax Ukraine also reported that Russian shelling across 20 villages in the Sumy region of Ukraine injured a policeman and a 55-year-old woman, and destroyed houses, businesses and vehicles, citing Ukrainian police.

Meanwhile, Russian news agency Interfax reported that one person was injured after a drone hit a car in Russia’s Belgorod region, while two others were injured in a missile attack in the city of Taganrog, according to government officials.

In Russia’s Krasnodar region, drone debris ignited a fire at a beach resort in Tuapse that was quickly extinguished, while the debris caused damage but no injuries, according to regional officials cited by Interfax.