Russian strike ignites major fire at Zaporizhzhia shopping centre

While diplomats sought to narrow the distance between Moscow and Kyiv, Russian forces struck a shopping centre in Zaporizhzhia, igniting a fire visible across a city where ordinary life still tries to persist. The attack is one more sign that the war continues to be waged not at the margins but at the centre of civilian existence. Peace talks, brokered in part by the United States, remain frozen — and fires like this one are among the reasons why compromise grows harder to reach.