20:19⇢Steppe Peace Proposal Rebuffed
Editors now focus on the Kremlin’s formal rejection of Kazakh President Tokayev’s proposal to "freeze" the Ukrainian conflict (Interfax.ru, Lenta.ru, Meduza). While independent sources emphasize Tokayev’s call for an immediate halt to hostilities, state-aligned and commercial media highlight Putin’s insistence that Kyiv’s unwillingness to negotiate makes a ceasefire impossible (The Moscow Times, Komsomolskaya Pravda). Concurrently, reports emerge of Ukrainian attacks on Iranian shipping in the Caspian (RIA Novosti, NTV.ru).
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RIA Novosti
ВСУ атаковали иранское судно в Каспийском море
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