Putin open to talking with Trump as US president says he is ‘very angry’ at Moscow - The US president said he was furious about Putin’s suggestion Zelensky should be replaced by a UN-mandated governme

Russia and Ukraine yesterday accused each other of launching new attacks against each other’s energy facilities, in violation of a US-brokered moratorium.

Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said in an interview that Russia could not simply accept the U.S.-backed proposal on Ukraine, as it fails to address Russia's demands for resolving the root causes of the conflict.