Kyiv has said it won't negotiate while a foreign military occupies its country. Now the union needs to convince Ukraine to hold negotiations with Russia, he added. Speaking at a news conference with the chair of the African Union on Friday, Putin laid out the ways he says Russia plans to help African countries. Putin is also willing to engage in “dialogue and find a solution” to end the war in Ukraine, according to Azali Assoumani, the African Union chairman and president of the Union of the Comoros. Russia-Africa summit: Russian President Vladimir Putin - who is holding a summit with African governments as the Kremlin grows more isolated on the world stage - says leaders from the continent have showed interest in further developing their relations with Moscow.

Some of the continent's leaders have shunned Putin over the Ukraine war, but others are engaging with him on potential peace talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin is looking to strengthen ties with African countries at a summit in St.The Russian defense ministry said an attack by Kyiv's forces wounded over a dozen in a Russian city miles from the border. A Russian strike hit a Ukrainian security service building in Dnipro and a missile strike on the city left at least nine people injured, according to Ukrainian military officials. Meanwhile, cross-border attacks between both countries continued Friday.The military update comes as Ukrainian forces in the south have been seen for the first time reaching one of Moscow’s critical long 'dragon's teeth' defensive lines in a new video circulating on Russian social media.Ukraine's commander on the southern front reported some progress Friday in driving back Russian troops, as Kyiv's counteroffensive appears to be escalating and ramping up after months of slow progress amid tight Russian defenses.

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