Diplomacy efforts step up after Russian strike on Ukraine base

Diplomatic efforts to end the war in Ukraine stepped up on Monday, with Ukrainian and Russian negotiators set to talk again after both sides cited progress, even after Russia attacked a base near the Polish border and fighting raged elsewhere.

A barrage of Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Yavoriv International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, a base just 25km from the Polish border that has previously hosted Nato military instructors, killing 35 people and wounding 134, a Ukrainian official said yesterday.

Russia's defence ministry said...