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Russia said a peace deal with Kyiv based on Zelenskyy’s 10-point peace plan was “impossible”.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba, on the phone to discuss the peace talks in Saudi Arabia as well as “long-term security arrangements”.

Participants agreed to hold another meeting of political advisers in about six weeks, he added. No other peace initiatives were discussed at the meeting apart from Zelenskyy’s and all the attendees fully supported Ukrainian independence and territorial integrity, Yermak said.

The peace talks in Saudi Arabia had dealt a “huge blow” to Russia, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff Yermak said.

A spokesperson for Germany’s government said the Saudi Arabia conference showed the international community’s willingness to work towards ending the war in Ukraine.

China’s special envoy for Eurasian affairs, Li Hui, “had extensive contact and communication with all parties on the political settlement of the Ukraine crisis”, the foreign ministry said. China’s foreign ministry said the Ukraine peace talks held in Saudi Arabia over the weekend helped “consolidate international consensus” regarding the conflict.

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