Russia :still no grounds for peace talks with Ukraine

The Kremlin stressed today, Monday, that there are currently no grounds for peace talks with Ukraine.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said:"There are currently no grounds for peace talks with Ukraine, We need to know the purpose of the upcoming talks to be held in Saudi Arabia on the war in Ukraine".

He added: "the Ukrainian counterattack did not work out as planned, and NATO resources are being wasted" .

The American Wall Street Journal revealed that the Saudi city of Jeddah will host, next August, talks on the Ukraine crisis, in which Kiev will participate along with officials from about 30 countries, not including Russia, according to diplomatic sources.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russia has received about 30 initiatives to stop the war in Ukraine, through official and unofficial channels. But Russian President Vladimir Putin attaches more importance to the Chinese and African initiatives. He believes that the two proposals would form the basis for peace in Ukraine