April 20, 2026 12:51 am (IST)
Ukraine crisis
US refused talks with Russia on Ukraine: Maria Zakharova
Moscow/UNI/Sputnik: The United States itself refused to engage in dialogue with Russia on Ukraine and global security, Maria Zakharova, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesperson, said on Thursday.
"Today, on this very day, the Russian delegation, the official one, headed by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, was supposed to be in Europe from which and from which we hear all kinds of accusations against us," Zakharova told the NTV broadcaster.
And it had to to be there for negotiations with the American delegation headed by US Secretary of State Mr. Blinken ... it was the American side that refused to conduct further negotiations," she said.
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