MOSCOW, April 25 — Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova stated immediately that any talks on ending the battle in Ukraine had been pointless without Russian participation, referring to a convention that Switzerland plans to host in June.
Zakharova additionally informed reporters that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s peace method – which requires a full withdrawal of Russian forces from all of the territory they’ve captured – doesn’t deliver peace nearer however prolongs the battle.
Switzerland introduced earlier this month it could host a two-day high-level convention on June 15-16 on attaining peace in Ukraine. Russia has stated it won’t participate, and the Kremlin has stated that the concept of holding peace talks without it was ridiculous. — eNM
