Ukraine: What happened today, Tuesday, April 26

Today's key developments from the war in Ukraine

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, right, and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attend a news conference during their meeting in Moscow, Russia. Picture: Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP

Russia’s President Vladimir Putin says Moscow still hopes to negotiate a peaceful settlement with Ukraine, even as the fighting has continued.

Speaking at a Kremlin meeting Tuesday with UN Secretary-General António Guterres, Putin noted that Russian and Ukrainian negotiators made what he described as a “serious breakthrough” in their talks in Istanbul, Turkey, last month.