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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken voices hope that a successful offensive by Ukraine would force Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss ending its invasion. "Success in the counteroffensive would do two things -- it would strengthen its position at any negotiating table that emerges, and it may have the effect as well of actually causing Putin to finally focus on negotiating an end to the war that he started," Blinken tells a joint news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani. SOUNDBITE
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss urges allies to keep arming Ukraine and to ramp up sanctions against Russia, as the Group of Seven industrialised nations held talks in northern Germany on Friday. SOUNDBITE of Liz Truss, British Foreign Secretary
Russian President Vladimir Putin says Russia will not give into Western pressure over the Ukraine conflict and that "such tricks do not work with Russia, have never worked before and will not work in the future." Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
Ahead of a peace summit, Ukrainian government forces launch a counter-offensive near Mariupol with President Poroshenko saying his government is prepared to introduce martial law if the crisis escalates. Mana Rabiee reports.
The Palestinian envoy in emotional remarks to the UN Security Council says the approval of a ceasefire resolution needs to be a "turning point" in ending the Gaza war. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at a lavish ceremony on Red Square following a landslide victory in his country’s presidential elections. The concert marks the tenth anniversary of Russia’s annexation of Crimea from Ukraine, when Moscow formally recognised the peninsula as a federal subject. IMAGES
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