Russia Says No New Ceasefire While Ukraine Situation Remains Unclear

TREE NEWS update: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in Moscow on Tuesday that Russia will not agree to another ceasefire while the situation in Ukraine remains unclear, whether it is called a “truce” or a “ceasefire,” and accused Europe of trying to use a ceasefire to buy time for aid to Ukraine. Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said Western countries broadly want the conflict to drag on rather than create conditions for a peaceful settlement. A new round of trilateral Russia-U.S.-Ukraine talks began the same day in Abu Dhabi, the first face-to-face consultations in nine months since negotiations stalled in February.