Russia-Ukraine updates: Putin suspends key US-Russia nuclear treaty in speech denouncing West

President Vladimir Putin said he'd sought an "open dialogue" with the West.

Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout the east and south.

Putin's forces pulled out of key positions in November, retreating from Kherson as Ukrainian troops led a counteroffensive targeting the southern port city. Russian drones have continued bombarding civilian targets throughout Ukraine, knocking out critical power infrastructure as winter sets in.

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Oct 11, 2022, 11:37 AM EDT

G-7 leaders condemn Russian attacks on civilians, saying they constitute 'a war crime'

Group of 7 leaders met virtually on Tuesday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, after Russia launched airstrikes on civilians and civilian areas in response to an attack on the bridge linking annexed Crimea to Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 10, 2022.
Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP

"We condemn these attacks in the strongest possible terms and recall that indiscriminate attacks on innocent civilian populations constitute a war crime. We will hold President Putin and those responsible to account," G-7 leaders said in a joint statement.

The G-7 leaders also accused Russia of "blatantly" violating the U.N. Charter. The leaders also vowed to continue financial, humanitarian, military, diplomatic and legal support to Ukraine.

G-7 leaders also said they would help insure the recovery and reconstruction of Ukraine "including exploring avenues to do so with funds from Russia," according to the statement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to President of the United Arab Emirates Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan during their meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022.
Pavel Bednyakov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP

The leaders also condemned the deliberate attacks on Nordstream pipelines in the Baltic Sea and vowed to "act in solidarity and close coordination" to address the impact of Russia's invasion of Ukraine on the global economy.

Oct 11, 2022, 10:49 AM EDT

Russia open to Biden-Putin meeting at upcoming G-20 summit

Ahead of the Group of 20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, next month, Russia indicated it may be open to a meeting between President Joe Biden and President Vladimir Putin, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with news agency Interfax.

"We have repeatedly said that we never refuse meetings," Lavrov said, according to Interfax. "If a proposal is made, it will be considered by us."

The White House National Security Council pointed to a comment made by Biden on Thursday outside the White House.

When asked by a reporter if he would meet with Putin, Biden responded, "That remains to be seen."

-ABC News' Anastasia Bagaeva and Ben Gittleson

Oct 11, 2022, 8:27 AM EDT

Russia in 'desperate' position, UK spy chief says

Russia is in a "desperate" position in its war in Ukraine and is running out of weapons and allies, according to the United Kingdom's top cyber spy.

"We believe that Russia is running short of munitions, it’s certainly running short of friends," Jeremy Fleming, director of the U.K. spy agency GCHQ, told BBC Radio in an interview Tuesday. "Russia and Russia's commanders are worried about the state of their military machine."

"The word I've used is 'desperate,'" he added. "We can see that desperation at many levels inside Russian society and inside the Russian military machine."

Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a series of missile strikes across Ukraine in the last 48 hours in retaliation for an attack on the strategically important Kerch bridge into Crimea over the weekend, with Fleming arguing that this will have depleted Moscow's dwindling arsenal.

"Russia, as we've seen in the dreadful attacks yesterday, still has a very capable military machine," he told BBC Radio. "It can launch weapons, it has deep, deep stocks and expertise. And yet, it is very broadly stretched in Ukraine."

-ABC News' Zoe Magee

Oct 11, 2022, 7:16 AM EDT

Death toll from Monday's strikes rises to 19

At least 19 people have died since Russian missiles struck civilian and critical infrastructure targets across Ukraine on Monday, according to the Ukrainian State Emergency Service.

Another 105 people were injured in the attacks in over a dozen Ukrainian regions, including the capital Kyiv, where more than 30 fires broke out.

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