LONDON: Envoys from Washington, Kyiv and European nations gathered for talks in Britain on Wednesday amid a new US push to end Russia's war in Ukraine, but a planned meeting of foreign ministers was postponed. The London meeting comes as US media reported that President Donald Trump is ready to accept recognition of annexed land in Crimea as Russian territory.
The reports said the proposal was first raised at a similar meeting with European nations in Paris last week. Trump has since threatened to "take a pass" on efforts to end the conflict unless progress is made quickly.
UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy had been due to lead Wednesday's meeting, but his ministry said that the talks had been downgraded in a sign of the difficulties surrounding the negotiations. "The Ukraine Peace Talks meeting with Foreign Ministers today is being postponed. Official level talks will continue," said the Foreign Office. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Wednesday for an "immediate, full and unconditional ceasefire", hours after a Russian drone strike on a bus killed nine. — AFP
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