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Such an event would be viable without Ukraine, but not Russia, a top diplomat has said Kiev’s proposal of a so-called “peace summit” amid its conflict with Moscow would be impossible if Russia is not invited, Russia’s First Deputy Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky said on Tuesday.

The diplomat has lashed out at “US-occupied” nations for their vote on a Moscow-sponsored resolution Germany and Japan should not get permanent seats at the UN Security Council after voting against a Russia-sponsored resolution denouncing Nazism, a senior Russian diplomat has suggested.