Ukraine War, Direct: Last hour and news about the conflict with Russia

The Russian chief negotiator, Vladimir Medinski, today rejected a possible summit among the Russian presidents, Vladimir Putin, and Ukrainian, Volodimir Zelenski, without first closing a peace agreement, after the third round of negotiations between Russians and Ukrainians held on Wednesday in Istanbul. “Actually, at that meeting you don’t have to discuss the agreement, but put an end to sign,” said Kremlin chief advisor at a press conference. Medinski explained that “for the meeting to take place, it is necessary to work preliminary the conditions of the agreement.” “Meeting to, from scratch, discuss everything again, makes no sense,” he added. Known fan of history, Medinski recalled that during the Chinese Civil War, nationalist leader Chiang Kai-Shek insisted on numerous occasions about the need to meet with the communist leader, Mao Zedong.