The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region, which Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion last August
In January, the center and other Ukrainian and Russian rights groups launched “People First,” a campaign that says any peace settlement must prioritise the release of everyone they say are captives, including Russians jailed for protesting the war, as well as Ukrainian children who were illegally deported
Highlights his good relations with Putin and Zelenskyy; says he can urge Russia that war is not the solution while reminding Ukraine that battlefields do not bring real solutions
Notes the need to develop mechanism to control possible breaches of truce, flags concerns that Ukraine may use ceasefire to continue mobilisation and rearmament
The attack, which killed one person and wounded several, came as a Ukrainian delegation was to meet with America's top diplomat in Saudi Arabia about ending the three-year war with Russia