Blinken: Russia has not shown any "serious" desire to end the war in Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday that Russia has shown no serious desire to end the war in Ukraine, shortly after Russian President Vladimir Putin said he wanted to end the conflict "as quickly as possible."

"Basically today, Russia showed no interest in (engaging) in serious diplomacy" to end the war, Blinken said at a press conference the day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to Washington.

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