内容摘要：through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence.

through the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp were met with silence.

People cross a street in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Monday, April 28, 2025, in front of what is known as the Moscow Triumphal Gate, ahead of next week’s celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany during World War II. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)Trump said over the weekend he harbors

in pursuing a deal, as Russian forces have continued towith cruise and ballistic missiles while the talks have proceeded.But on Friday, Trump described a brokered settlement on the war as “close.”

Western European officials have accused the Kremlin of dragging its feet on peace talks so that Russia’s larger forces, which have battlefield momentum, can seize more Ukrainian land.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov discussed the war in a phone call Sunday with Rubio, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. They focused on “consolidating the emerging prerequisites for starting negotiations,” the statement said, without elaborating.

Russia has effectively rejected a U.S. proposal for an immediate and full 30-day halt in the fighting by imposing far-reaching conditions. Ukraine has accepted it, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.

A French diplomatic official said over the weekend that Trump, Zelenskyy and French President Emmanuel Macron agreed “to pursue in the coming days the work of convergence” to obtain “a solid ceasefire.”“Columbia University is participating in the destruction of the democratic system,” Mahdawi said in the interview. “They are supporting the initiatives and the agenda of the Trump administration, and they are punishing and torturing their students.”

Mohsen Mahdawi, center, speaks during a press conference announcing the launch of the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the Cedar Creek Reception Room at the Vermont State House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)Mohsen Mahdawi, center, speaks during a press conference announcing the launch of the Vermont Immigration Legal Defense Fund in the Cedar Creek Reception Room at the Vermont State House on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Montpelier, Vt. (AP Photo/Alex Driehaus)

A spokesperson for Columbia University, which in Marchsweeping policy changes related to protests following Trump administration