Kremlin Rejects European, Ukrainian Peace Proposals

The Kremlin says that changes made by Europe and Ukraine to US peace proposals for Ukraine do not help in making peace.

Russia's top foreign policy aide, Yuri Ushakov, said these changes do not improve the chances of long-term peace.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine would support US-led three-way talks if it helps with prisoner exchanges and leader meetings.

Russia claims that European leaders are trying to ruin the peace talks by adding conditions that Russia finds unacceptable.

Ukraine and Europe say Russia is trying to take over their land in an imperial-style grab.

The war started in 2022 after years of fighting in eastern Ukraine, and it's the biggest conflict between Moscow and the West since the Cold War.

Putin sees the war as a turning point in relations with the West, which he says has humiliated Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union.