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Both the countries concluded their first round of negotiations in Belarus on Monday with no clear breakthrough, Xinhua news agency reported. While the talks were going on, Russian President Vladimir Putin held a telephone talk with French President Emmanuel Macron, reiterating that a settlement would only be possible if Russia's security concerns were taken into account.

CCTV video posted on social media shows a missile-shaped projectile causing a massive explosion, RT reported. Ukrainian emergency services said it was an airstrike carried out by Russian forces, and urged locals to seek shelter. RT was unable to independently verify this claim. Emergency services said six people were injured, including a child.

Diplomatic sources in Pakistan maintained that while Islamabad supports a peaceful resolution finalised through negotiated understanding between Russia and Ukraine; it would not take sides and would prefer not to be part of discussion on the conflict at global forums like the UNGA. Pakistan's decision comes at a time when Prime Minister Imran Khan defended his decision to not take sides, stating that his visit to Moscow was to discuss bilateral issues only.

The move comes in response to Russian capital being frozen abroad by the US, EU and their allies, RT reported. "We hope that those who have invested in our country will be able to continue to do so in the future. I am sure that the sanctions pressure will eventually subside, and those who will not curtail their projects in our country, succumbing to the slogans of foreign politicians, will win," Mishustin said at a daily briefing on Russia's economic development.

“The government made a new decision today: we will not allow the transfer of deadly weapons on Hungary. This decision is justified by the security of Hungary and the Hungarian community of Transcarpathians, as these shipments can easily become the target of military attacks,” Hungary’s foreign minister Szijjártó Péter said in a Facebook post yesterday.

At a press conference, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi said the cameras, to be installed, are commercially available, and that they can not "be tampered with" or "be violated by anybody". Cameras at the nuclear facility were damaged as a consequence of an act of sabotage in June, Xinhua news agency reported.