The European Union is a “direct participant” of Russia’s war in Ukraine and therefore cannot serve as a good-faith mediator between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday. “It’s obvious that Europeans do not want to, nor can they, become mediators.

MOSCOW: Europe should not expect to act as a mediator in the Ukraine peace process given its current approach, Russia’s state-run RIA news agency reported on Thursday,…

The European Union is a “direct participant” of Russia’s war in Ukraine and therefore cannot serve as a good-faith mediator between the two countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry…

Kirill Dmitriev’s statement came in response to former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said that the European Union has failed to use its diplomatic potential in the…