News Snapshot:
The Kremlin on Friday dismissed a proposal made by Russian ally Belarus to hold peace talks with Kyiv to address the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called for a "truce" in Ukraine and urged Russia to hold peace talks "without preconditions," but Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed those calls when he told reporters, "nothing is changing in the context of Ukraine," according to The Moscow Times, an independent Amsterdam-based online publication. While Western nations continue to provide Ukraine with military and humanitarian aid, Russian allies, including China and Belarus, haven't condemned the 13-month-old war but are calling for...
