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A mass power outage cut access to banking services and social media platforms in Russia on Thusday, according to reports. As of 7:10 Moscow time, users across the country complained that banking, telecom and social media services had gone down, with foreign services also unavailable, according to Russian newspaper Moskovskij Komsomolets. It comes after Volodymyr Zelensky questioned Russia’s seriousness ahead of Ankara peace talks, calling their approach “theatrical”. Writing on X, he said: "I have not yet received official confirmation regarding the Russian level of representation. But from what we can observe, it appears theatrical. We will decide on our next steps after the conversation with President Erdogan."