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Russia said on Wednesday it had to be part of any discussion on security guarantees for Ukraine and downplayed the likelihood of an imminent summit with President Volodymyr Zelensky, tempering hopes for a quick peace deal.

Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov dismisses European diplomacy as ‘clumsy effort to sway Trump’

The meeting could happen as soon as within the next two weeks

French President Emmanuel Macron, in Washington for talks on long-term security guarantees for Ukraine, said France and Britain would hold a meeting on Tuesday with Kyiv's allies. But he warned against trusting Russian President Vladimir Putin, whom he called "an ogre at our gates".

Before Washington meeting with Donald Trump, Zelenskyy says Russia rebuffing calls for ceasefire makes it harder to achieve peace deal to end the more than three-year-old conflict. What we know on day 1,271.

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Russia has been accused of sending ‘signals’ ahead of the summit in Alaska

Foreign minister’s attire and inflight menu for Russian media are latest in series of provocations towards Ukraine

Donald Trump has said that there is a 25 per cent chance the summit might fail

Putin will bring old guard loyalists and younger financial power brokers to meet Trump’s most trusted advisers

Chinese President Xi Jinping told Russia's top diplomat on Tuesday that their countries should "strengthen mutual support", state media said, as foreign ministers gathered in Beijing for Shanghai Cooperation Organisation talks.