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Pretoria: Russia was willing to negotiate with Ukraine in the early months of the war, but the United States and other Western nations advised Kyiv against holding talks, Moscow’s top diplomat said Monday. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s remarks on a visit to South Africa were similar to those made last year by President Vladimir Putin. The US and other Western nations have said that Russia isn’t serious about hammering out a deal to end the nearly year-long war, which began on 24 February. “It is well known that we supported the proposal of the Ukrainian side to negotiate early...
