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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Richard Luscombe

Russia says Europe’s leaders don’t want peace in Ukraine as Vance says US will keep trying

Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov
Russia's foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov: ‘We want peace in Ukraine. He wants, President Trump wants, peace in Ukraine.’ Photograph: Alexander Zemlianichenko/Reuters

Russia accused western European leaders on Sunday of not wanting peace in Ukraine, as Moscow’s most senior diplomat praised efforts by Donald Trump to end the war, while Vice-President JD Vance said the US would “keep on trying” to broker talks in the absence of a deal.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, made the comments during a sometimes contentious interview on NBC on Sunday morning, during which he denied his country had bombed civilian targets in Ukraine.

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