Kyiv — which views Orbán's constant overtures to Moscow and pushback against support for Ukraine as hostile — is on a peace-through-victory campaign of its own and might not have any interest in hearing out Russia's demands any time soon.

China and Brazil on Friday pressed ahead with an effort to gather developing countries behind a plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's dismissal of the initiative as serving Moscow's interests.

Jens Stoltenberg, the outgoing NATO Secretary General, believes that the Allies should support the Ukrainian Peace formula rather than any alternative "peace" proposals put forward by other countries.

"We do not see the logic in this decision, especially given that together with Switzerland, we held the First Global Peace Summit on June 15-16 in Bürgenstock, attended by representatives from 100 countries and international organizations,

Switzerland's foreign affairs ministry on Saturday voiced support for a Chinese-led peace plan to end the Ukraine war, saying its view on such efforts had significantly changed. With Russia's invasion of Ukraine in its third year,

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine (MFA) stated that they cannot understand the logic behind Switzerland's decision to support the initiative by China and Brazil to end the war. They emphasized that this decision does not align with Ukraine's interests and will only complicate the process of achieving peace for Ukraine,

Beijing's top diplomat voices hope for convening global peace conference with 'fair discussion' of all proposals as US stays sceptical China and Brazil on Friday sought to advance their long-standing bid to mediate peace between Russia and Ukraine on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly,