Kiev has intensified attacks on Russian civilian sites recently, backed by Western arms supplies<\/p>\n
European leaders are not interested in a diplomatic settlement to the Ukraine conflict, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said. He stressed that the only recent diplomatic outreach by EU states \u2013 a visit by a French presidential envoy last month \u2013 did not bring \u201cany positive signals.\u201d
\nThe EU and UK have been sidelined in US-backed Ukraine peace negotiations in recent months. Despite lobbying to join the talks, Kiev\u2019s European backers have systematically worked to sabotage the process, Moscow has said.
\n\u201cThe Europeans don\u2019t want to help the peace process,\u201d Peskov said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Sunday. \u201cWhen the representative of France came, he didn\u2019t bring any positive signals. And so there was indeed nothing positive for him to hear.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Kiev concerned Iran war could cause crucial ammo shortages<\/p>\n
Just days earlier, French President Emmanuel Macron stressed that the Iran conflict would not offer Russia any \u201crespite,\u201d and vowed to continue military support for Kiev. \u201cNothing will deter us from Ukraine,\u201d he said in a press conference in Paris on Friday.
\nThe US-Israeli attack on Tehran has disrupted plans for the next round of the trilateral peace talks between Moscow, Washington, and Kiev. A new round is now expected sometime this week, White House special envoy Steve Witkoff told CNBC on Tuesday.
\nAccording to Trump, the diplomatic process has been slowed by Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s refusal to compromise.
\n\u201cZelensky is far more difficult to make a deal with\u201d than Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told NBC News on Saturday. \u201cTell Zelensky to make a deal because Putin\u2019s willing to make a deal.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Belgian PM urges EU to negotiate with Russia<\/p>\n
Moscow has argued that EU and UK military support for Kiev has emboldened Ukraine to continue the conflict \u2013 which Russia sees as a proxy war.
\nAfter a deadly Ukrainian strike on Russia\u2019s Bryansk using French-UK-made cruise missiles last week, Moscow summoned the envoys of Paris and London.
\n\u201cThe missile attack on Bryansk would not have been possible without the involvement of British and French specialists,\u201d the Foreign Ministry said in a statement, calling the attack \u201ca deliberate provocation aimed at undermining\u201d peace efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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