Russian officials have denied reports that negotiations with Ukraine have been put on ice because of its recent attacks in Russian territory, saying there were never any talks to start with… Over the weekend, the Washington Post reported that both countries would send delegations to Qatar to negotiate a halt to the attacks on key energy infrastructure. But yesterday, Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson said “no one broke anything off because there was nothing to break off”. What hasn’t been broken off is the latest round of ceasefire/hostage-release talks between Israel and Hamas… US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is in the region to speed things along, and reports say Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to a “bridging proposal” to end the war. Now it’s back over to Hamas…