Dec 16 (Reuters) - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, in an interview made public in part on Tuesday, called for swift action to end the conflict in Ukraine while the United States remained engaged in diplomatic efforts.

DTEK boss Maxim Timchenko says the intensity of Russian strikes is so frequent there is no time to recover.

President Donald Trump says that Russia and Ukraine are closer to peace than they have ever been

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday said he thinks the US would issue additional Russian sanctions and sell more military aid to Kyiv should Russia reject Washington’s

Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding that Ukraine hand over the remaining territory in the eastern Donbas region that it still holds, including two key fortress cities, or it will be taken by force.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan did not comment on the shooting of an out-of-control drone over the Black Sea on Monday but urged Russia and Ukraine

Ukraine said its long-range drones had struck a major offshore oil platform in the Caspian Sea, as it seeks to cut off the Russian energy revenues funding its war.

The issue is that “nobody believes” giving Russia Ukrainian territory is a “true alternative” to create lasting peace, Bosak says.

Oil prices fell sharply as optimism increased for a Russia-Ukraine peace deal, sending Brent crude below $60 a barrel to its lowest level since May.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov attends a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the heads of government of the member countries of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in Moscow, Russia November 18,