Vladimir Putin and US negotiators appear to have failed to achieve a breakthrough on securing a Ukraine peace deal
Russian officials say the talks were “constructive” but “no compromise” was reached over territorial concessions for Ukraine
It comes as Nato foreign ministers are meeting in Brussels to discuss the ongoing peace talks
Earlier, Putin had said Europe’s peace deal demands were “not acceptable”, adding: “We are not going to fight with Europe, but if Europe wants to fight with us, we are ready right now”
Elsewhere, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that some things “still need to be worked out” in the draft peace plan but that “now more than ever, there is a chance to end this war”
Meanwhile, as UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper arrived in Brussels earlier, she announced an additional £10m to support energy infrastructure in Ukraine.
“We will continue to work to switch the lights back on,” she told reporters. It comes after Russian strikes caused power outages for more than 600,000 Ukrainians over the weekend.
Cooper said Putin was seeking to escalate the war, and she added that the UK was in Brussels to “affirm our strong support for the people of Ukraine and for the process to secure a just and lasting peace for Ukraine”.
