Burç Eruygur

Eurasia Correspondent at @anadoluagency | @UniLeiden MAIR/BAIS Alumni 🎓 | Views are mine | RT ≠ endorsed

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Recent reports about a potential visit by US envoys to Kyiv and Moscow in the near future suggest a possible revival of stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks

👇 Click the link below for my explainer on everything surrounding the stall, including the prospects of the expected talks

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🇺🇸 US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner could visit Moscow and Kyiv to revive stalled Russia-Ukraine peace talks, media reports suggest

⚠️ Negotiations have largely been on hold as Washington shifted its focus to the war involving Iran

➡️ Moscow demands Ukraine withdraw from Donbas, while Kyiv seeks security guarantees https://t.co/I311xcdii1

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📢 Russia expels Hungarian diplomats in tit-for-tat move

📌 Moscow orders group of Hungarian diplomatic staff to leave within 2 weeks after Budapest expelled 10 Russian diplomats on Sept. 8

🗣️ Hungary accused Russian diplomats of activities ‘unacceptable’ under Vienna Convention https://t.co/zrtMN8WuiX

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☢️ Russian drone strike hits nuclear research institute in Kyiv, Ukraine says

📌 Drone struck near VVR-M research reactor, sparking fire but causing no casualties or damage to reactor, safety-critical systems

🔍 Ukrainian regulator says radiation levels remain within natural background range https://t.co/SeNy5J4azD

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🗣️ Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accuses European countries of doing 'everything they can to thwart' prospects for peace talks between Russia and Ukraine

▪️He also says Russia is convinced it is time to resolve the 'main issue' in the region by ensuring Palestinian statehood based on 'countless' UN decisions

▪️ In address to UN General Assembly in New York, Lavrov adds that Moscow supports China’s initiative to establish a global organization for cooperation on AI https://t.co/Gqd8Hs3wf4

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#URGENT Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov accuses European countries of doing 'everything it can to thwart' prospect of Ukraine peace talks in UN General Assembly address

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​ George Russell starts on pole in Baku — a circuit where he says there is “no margin for error”

➤ Mercedes driver calls the Azerbaijan Grand Prix “one of the most unusual and demanding events of the year”

➤ Russell tells Anadolu that drivers must balance commitment with discipline as “the walls are always there waiting for you”

➤ McLaren’s Oscar Piastri says Baku requires “pure commitment” while challenging teams to balance speed, grip and strategy https://t.co/MnPczh1lPY

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🔴 Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over overnight drone strikes, with at least 9 people injured

🚨 5 injured in Russia, 4 in Kyiv https://t.co/DvIDCRYvS8

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🔴 Russian President Vladimir Putin dismisses Ambassador Andrey Kelin as Russia’s envoy to the UK

📅 Kelin has served as ambassador since 2019

🇷🇺 Move comes day after Putin also relieved Russia’s ambassador to France https://t.co/v2E9oeOwwo

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🇺🇦 Zelenskyy says the US proposed preparing and holding 'technical-level' trilateral meeting involving Ukraine, Russia and United States

📍 Ukrainian president says Kyiv is awaiting proposals from Washington on date of meeting, while US suggested UAE as venue https://t.co/gqxNCoOEol

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🤝 Russian presidential envoy Kirill Dmitriev holds talks with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in New York, according to media reports

📍 Meeting reportedly focused on Russia-US cooperation and efforts related to the war in Ukraine https://t.co/N3lBDG0aYG

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🤝 Azerbaijani and Armenian foreign ministers hold talks on sidelines of UN General Assembly in New York

📍 Jeyhun Bayramov and Ararat Mirzoyan underline the importance of peace and review progress since the Washington summit in August 2025

🔹 Ministers discuss 'unblocking' economic and transport links between two countries https://t.co/qzh8oy8FId

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🚨 Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over overnight drone attacks that kill 3

🇺🇦 Ukraine;

➝ One person killed and another injured in Russian strikes on Odesa region

➝ Production facility, warehouse building and private homes damaged in Kyiv region

➝ One person killed and another injured in attacks on Kyiv and surrounding region

➝ Kyiv claims it shot down 267 of 295 Russian drones launched overnight

🇷🇺 Russia;

➝ One person killed in Perm region after Ukrainian drone strikes

➝ Eight people, including a child, injured in Ulyanovsk region

➝ Four people injured in Voronezh, while Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery suspends operations after reported damage

➝ Moscow claims 592 Ukrainian drones were downed overnight https://t.co/22yTIp6BJg

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🚨 Nine Kazakh servicemen confirmed dead after being swept out to sea during naval exercise in Caspian Sea

📍 Kazakhstan says 19 servicemen were swept into sea during combat training mission in Mangystau region after weather conditions suddenly worsened https://t.co/OBNAGu3HSK

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#URGENT Kazakh Defense Ministry says 19 servicemen were swept out to sea during naval military exercise in Caspian Sea, with 9 confirmed fatalities

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in New York to attend high-level week of 81st UN General Assembly

Follow our UNGA live blog for more: https://t.co/RT0ePGHvUg

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🇪🇺 EU member states agree to remove Russian oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from sanctions list

📍 Decision follows days of negotiations among EU countries over renewal of sanctions on nearly 3,000 individuals and entities linked to Russia https://t.co/R6iGWFR52r

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🇩🇰🇷🇺 Denmark summons Russian ambassador after Russian frigate allegedly fired 2 flares at Danish military helicopter during routine flight over international waters

🗣️ Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen calls incident ‘reckless,’ saying Russian actions are ‘meant to intimidate and divide’ but ‘they will not succeed’ https://t.co/A6XjpnkZ93

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🎤 Russia Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova says Moscow always honored ceasefires, ‘unlike’ Ukraine, in response to a question by Anadolu

Zakharova adds statements on Trump's idea of energy ceasefire with Ukraine must be ‘translated into action’ https://t.co/r3N3L0bzj3

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Russia, Ukraine trade overnight drone strikes targeting logistics and residential areas

🔥 Ukrainian drone hits Ozon logistics center in Russia’s Saratov, sparking fire

🏢 Russian strike hits residential building in Kyiv, injuring at least 8 https://t.co/lVJdQ5qs2j

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#URGENT Meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump’s envoys concludes after 3 hours of talks in Moscow: State media

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🔹 Russian President Vladimir Putin begins talks with US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner in Moscow on ending Russia-Ukraine war

🔹 US President Donald Trump says Kushner and Witkoff travel to Moscow with proposal to end four-year war https://t.co/QPImR6YTDG