Feb 10 (Reuters) - An agreement for a settlement of the nearly four-year-old conflict between Russia and Ukraine must also take into consideration security guarantees for Russia, a senior Russian diplomat was quoted as saying early on Tuesday.

U.S., Russian and Ukrainian negotiators are back around a table for a second round of technical talks, but in Kyiv, Russian bombs bring suffering and skepticism.

More than 300 POWs were expected to be exchanged, officials said.

Russia suffers heaviest losses since WWII as casualties in Ukraine conflict near 2 million - The report said Russia suffered 1.2 million casualties, including up to 325,000 troop deaths, between Febru

A second round of talks between Russian, Ukrainian and US officials on a US-drafted plan to end the nearly four-year Ukraine war will begin

By Guy Faulconbridge MOSCOW, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Kremlin security official, said in remarks released for publication on Monday that the world was getting very dangerous, but that Russia did not want a global conflict.

A US aircraft carrier, supporting warships, fighter jets and air-defence systems have arrived in the Middle East, as the world waits to see to what action — if any — Donald Trump will take against Iran.

The negotiations have so far struggled to resolve central questions on territory, but prisoner exchanges are progressing.