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5 min readNegotiations between the U.S. and Iran ended Sunday with no agreement, according to NPR News Now. The talks, held in Pakistan, came just days into a two-week ceasefire, and the U.S. side described the outcome as worse for Iran than for the United States. In a separate development, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that Ukrainian teams deployed to several Gulf countries helped shoot down Iranian attack drones, including Shahed models that have struck U.S. bases in the Middle East. Zelensky said he saw video footage of Ukrainian weapons taking down the drones but did not name the specific Gulf countries for security reasons. Ukraine has developed methods to destroy Shahed drones, which Russia uses nearly nightly against Ukrainian cities, including electronic jamming and small, cheap interceptor drones.
U.S.-Iran Talks End Without a Deal
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- 1 (00:04) **U.S.-Iran Talks End Without Agreement in Pakistan** - Discussions held during a two-week ceasefire failed to produce a lasting peace deal.
- 2 (00:52) **Ukraine Confirms Downing Iranian Drones in the Gulf** - President Zelenskyy publicly states Ukrainian teams in Gulf countries helped destroy Iranian attack drones.
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