09:55: New talks on Ukraine in Malta, without Russia
A third session of Ukraine-backed talks to end the Russian invasion began Saturday in Malta with representatives from more than 60 countries, in the absence of Russia, which denounces “a profoundly anti-Russian event.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke in the first of two days of closed-door talks, aimed at building support for his 10-point plan to end the war sparked by Russia’s February 2022 invasion .
In a message posted on social networks, he welcomed the participation of diplomatic advisers from 66 countries in the meeting which comes after those in Jeddah and Copenhagen this summer. Proof according to him that the Ukrainian peace plan “has gradually become global”.