Ukraine war briefing: Russian proposals not discussed at Swiss peace summit, Germany says

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World leaders gathered at a Swiss mountain resort above Lake Lucerne on Saturday to try to build support for Ukraine’s peace proposals on the first of the two-day international summit. More than 90 countries are taking part in the event, where Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy predicted the world would see “history being made”. But expectations of significant progress are low with key players, notably China, absent. Russia was not invited. The German chancellor, Olaf Scholz said that G7 leaders did not discuss Vladimir Putin’s proposals for peace in Ukraine since everyone knew they were not “meant seriously”. Scholz said the...