Ukraine-Russia war latest: Blasts hit railway bridge in Russia as drone kills 12 in Odesa

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Russia blaming Ukraine for lack of peace talks - ISW China and Turkey continue to pursue a peace settlement for Ukraine but Russian officials are exploiting that interest to perpetuate their own narratives, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said. The US-based thinktank noted that Russia's deputy foreign minister Mikhail Galuzin and Chinese special representative for Eurasian affairs Li Hiu met in Moscow on 2 March to discuss peace negotiations. The pair noted it was "impossible" to discuss a settlement in Ukraine without Russia's participation and that Western and Ukrainian "ultimatums" only "harmed" peace. Elsewhere, Turkish foreign...