Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: AP
Russian president Vladimir Putin. Photo: AP
Andrew Osborn
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Russia cannot accept US proposals to end the war in Ukraine in their current form because they do not address problems Moscow regards as having caused the conflict, a senior Russian diplomat said, suggesting US-Russia talks on the subject had stalled.
The comments by deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov suggest Moscow and Washington have so far been unable to bridge differences which president Vladimir Putin raised more than two weeks ago when he said US proposals needed reworking.