South African police said three men were detained while trying to board a flight to Russia via the United Arab Emirates.

The Trump administration said on Monday that it was revoking the reinstatement of 14 employees of the Federal Emergency Management Agency who have been on administrative leave since August, when they wrote a letter to Congress warning that President Trump was gutting disaster response in the United States.

The team of Ukrainian negotiators began meeting Sunday morning with Rubio, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Trump's son-in-law.

A Russian court has convicted eight people on terrorism charges over an attack on a bridge linking Russia to annexed Crimea.

The attack came as U.S. officials were expected to hold peace talks with Ukrainian and Russian officials in the coming days.

Her resignation comes as a South African allegedly recruited to fight in Ukraine recounts the horrors of war to the BBC.

Russia launched a deadly aerial strike on the Ukrainian capital, killing at least one person, injuring 19 others and damaging residential buildings, Ukraine said.

The strikes occurred in a strategic maritime corridor, raising concerns about energy security and navigational safety.