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The Kremlin says Russian forces will strike anywhere in Ukraine as it rejects European mediation. In the Donbas, Slovyansk and Kramatorsk face daily glide bomb attacks, with forced evacuations and rising civilian casualties. Moscow has no formal peace plan.

The Kremlin says it has no formal plan to end the war in Ukraine and objects to the involvement of France, Germany and the UK in any peace negotiations. The statements indicate a hardening of Russian demands and suggest the diplomatic track remains deadlocked.