While pledging readiness to engage in diplomatic efforts to end the conflict with Ukraine, Russia tells the US it will not "give up" on its aims in Ukraine.

Ukraine and Russia appear deadlocked over next steps in effort to end the war after President Vladimir Putin rejected a face-to-face meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Turkey. 

The foreign ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan arrive in Russia to discuss their countries’ dispute over the South Caucasus region of Nagorno-Karabakh, days before heading to Washington for separate meetings with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as heavy fighting over the region is in its fourth week.