Comments hitting wires from the Russian Foreign Ministry spox Maria Zakharova. States that 'Russia has not received a formal proposal through diplomatic channels to hold peace talks in Turkey'.

• Spox: We continue to receive contradictory signals from the United States...the more the US promotes President Zelenskyy's regime, the harder it becomes to find a diplomatic solution.
• Spox: Moscow is open to diplomacy at all levels.
• Livestream (in Russian): https://mid.ru/en/press_service/video/

Speculation remains that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could seek to facilitate peace talks at Thursday's meeting with President Vladimir Putin.