• Blinken claims 50pc occupied land recaptured by Ukraine • Minsk, Moscow hold strategic dialogue KYIV: The Ukrainian port city of Odesa came under renewed Russian missile attack early on Sunday, just hours before President Vladimir Putin declared that Kyiv’s counteroffensive had “failed” as he began two-day talks with his Belarus counterpart and ally Alexander Lukashenko. The longtime leaders met for the first time since … Continue reading Russia strikes Odesa as Putin says Kyiv counterattack failed