Vladimir Putin is dusting off his stalling and delaying tactics playbook as peace talks with Ukraine falter and Russia continues to build up troops on the frontline and pound Ukrainian targets.
In the space of just a few days, Putin has questioned Volodymyr Zelensky's legitimacy and made, then changed, major demands over Ukraine's security guarantees, all while his forces continue to pound targets and rally on Ukraine's Southern Front.
According to Zelensky, Russian forces are building up troops along the southern front line in the Zaporizhzhia region, which Moscow claims as its own.
'Zaporizhzhia: the enemy is reinforcing,' Zelensky said, adding that: 'We can see that they continue transferring part of their troops from the Kursk direction to Zaporizhzhia'.
And overnight, Russia launched its biggest barrage of missiles and drones in weeks, killing one and leaving many wounded.
