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As NATO defence ministers met during a virtual get-together, Russia said it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.

Mr Trump’s statement follows the Russian bombing of a US electronics manufacturer in Ukraine, which Mr Zelensky damned as ‘very telling’ amid peace talk negotiations

Air raid warning across Ukraine; uproar in Poland after Russian drone blows up in farmland. What we know on day 1,275

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Russia’s foreign minister has sent the West a warning over excluding Moscow from security discussions on Ukraine.

A careful selection of cast and roles and a clear strategy to avoid deadlocks.

Russia’s foreign minister has warned against talks about Ukraine’s security without Russia at the table

Russia said on Wednesday it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’

The meeting could happen as soon as within the next two weeks

French President Emmanuel Macron, in Washington for talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, said France and Britain would hold a meeting on Tuesday with Kyiv's allies. But he warned against trusting Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called "an ogre at our gates".