These are the key developments from day 1,382 of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Here’s where things stand on Sunday, December 7: Russian forces launched a “large-scale” attack on the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk overnight on Sunday, the Kyiv Independent reported, citing local officials. The extent of the damage was not immediately clear, it said.

Lyudmila “Luda” Panfilova still remembers the sound that changed everything — the first explosions rolling across Odessa, Ukraine, as Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022. Until that moment, she and her family had lived what she describes as a “full and interesting life” in the historic port city they called home.

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin declared that Russia had taken the Ukrainian town of Pokrovsk, marking the culmination of a 20-month campaign. Ukraine denied the town had fallen, saying that its troops were still in control of the north.

The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.

Mark Rutte's comments come a day after Putin rejected US proposals for peace in Ukraine after talks with US negotiators in Moscow.

VIENNA, Dec 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine wants "real peace, not appeasement" with Russia, its foreign minister said on Thursday at the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, the security and rights body seeking a role for itself in a post-war Ukraine.

With Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Ireland and Donald Trump's negotiators Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow to meet Vladimir Putin, the Russian president made time for a message for Europe. Zelenskyy,