Moscow, which has repeatedly complained that the U.N.-brokered agreement is one-sided in Ukraine’s favor, said it could return to the deal if its demands were met.
Signup to receive the Early Edition in your inbox here. A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the past 24 hours. Here’s today’s news. RUSSIA-UKRAINE DEVELOPMENTS - WESTERN SUPPORT Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticized the “unprecedented and absurd” delay to NATO accession after the alliance refused to give Ukraine a timeline. NATO states have
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won reelection last month despite a battered economy and a cost-of-living crisis that experts say are exacerbated by his unconventional economic policies. The longtime leader appointed an internationally respected former banker as finance and treasury minister and on Friday named a former co-CEO of a US-based bank as head of the central bank.
Huddled inside a tent in opposition-held northwestern Syria, Umm Khaled says she fears her baby will die unless she gets specialist treatment in neighboring Türkiye for a congenital heart defect. Seriously ill Syrians in the country's last opposition bastion of Idlib used to be able to access life-saving care across the border. But the main crossing there for medical visits slammed shut after a deadly earthquake ravaged southern Türkiye on February 6, prompting Ankara to prioritize its domestic needs.