A delegation of Russian diplomats has departed from Moscow for a third round of peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey. Both Kyiv and Moscow rejected one another’s demands ahead of the negotiations, as Russia continues drone and missile attacks, including another overnight barrage that injured 12 people across Ukraine.
Meanwhile, protests erupted in Kyiv Tuesday as President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a bill weakening the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies, which were set up after the Maidan Revolution protests of 2014. This is 18-year-old protester Vladyslava Kirstryk.
Vladyslava Kirstryk: “I lived under Russian occupation. I know what it means for one person to have all the power, when nothing is transparent and everything is working against you. That’s why this hurts. I don’t want it to be the same for us here.”