Any conflict ends with negotiations, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said Russia remains ready for peace talks with Ukraine but these should take place with no preconditions and ought to account for realities on the ground, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin has said.

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From 2024, draftees will remain in the military more than twice as long as they do now, President Tsai Ing-wen has said Taiwan is poised to extend compulsory military service from four months to a year, President Tsai Ing-wen said on Tuesday, calling the move “incredibly difficult” but necessary, amid heightened tensions between Taipei and…