President Vladimir Putin said on April 11 that Russia has not been invited to a Ukraine peace summit scheduled for June in Switzerland. "We are not invited there. Moreover, they believe that we have nothing to do there. But at the same time, they say that without us, it is impossible to decide anything. And since we are not going there, this is already a complete circus," Putin said during a meeting with Belarusian president Alexander Lukashenko in Moscow. "I want to emphasize that we are "for" (peace talks), but not in the format of imposing any schemes on us that have nothing to do with reality," he added. The Swiss government will host a two-day high-level conference in June aimed at achieving peace in Ukraine, it said on April 10, although Russia has made clear it will not take part in the summit. During his meeting with Lukashenko, Putin also said that he might ask Belarus to return as a mediator between Russia and Ukraine. Earlier on Thursday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that any negotiations on Ukraine without Russia were meaningless. #russiaukrainewar #putin #belarus #ukraine n18oc_world n18oc_crux CRUX is your daily video news guide to the big events that are shaping our world. We track news, geopolitics, diplomacy and defence strategies and explain how they shape national policies. Crux makes sense of global developments, and analyses their impact on daily lives. Follow CRUX on Telegram: https://bit.ly/3fnlLua Follow CRUX on Instagram (@crux.india): https://bit.ly/3qSFx1K Follow CRUX on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2Lte7iF #GetCloserToTheNews with latest headlines on politics, sports and entertainment on news18.com https://bit.ly/2Y4QccL Also watch: Crux Decode: https://bit.ly/3MjzIoG Crux+ : https://bit.ly/35mm97B Crux Most Watched: https://bit.ly/3KhJ8iX