Ukraine peace talks without Russia will fail, Kremlin spokesman says

FILE PHOTO: The moon rises behind St. Basil's Cathedral and towers of the Kremlin in central Moscow, Russia, March 21, 2024. REUTERS/Marina Lystseva

(Reuters) - Any global peace summit on Ukraine that excludes Russia is simply "absurd" and will fail, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said in an interview published on Tuesday.

Peskov also told the news outlet Argumenty I Fakty that Russia was pursuing its two-year-old war on Ukraine to protect itself from the West.