Moscow is not ready to hold peace talks with Ukraine, according to a presidential aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Russia is not withdrawing its earlier peace proposals, but Kyiv's incursion into Russia's Kursk region means holding peace talks at the moment would be "inappropriate", former ambassador and foreign policy aide Yuri Ushakov says, according to Reuters news agency.
Back in June, Putin laid out his terms for a ceasefire, saying Ukraine would need to withdraw troops from Ukrainian territories that Russia claims to have annexed.
The proposal was rejected by Ukraine as a "Hitler-like ultimatum" and widely condemned by European leaders during a peace summit in Geneva - a summit Russia was not invited to.
Volodymyr Zelensky has long said Ukraine will not negotiate with Moscow until Russian forces leave all Ukrainian territory, including Crimea - which has been under Russian occupation since 2014.
Source: BBC
