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Russia branded as "insignificant" European diplomatic consultations with Ukraine on Wednesday ahead of a planned summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska."We consider the consultations sought by the Europeans to be politically and practically insignificant," Russian foreign ministry deputy spokesman Alexey Fadeev said in a briefing."The Europeans verbally support the diplomatic efforts of Washington and Moscow to resolve the crisis around Ukraine, but in fact the European Union is sabotaging them," he said.Meanwhile, Russian army made its biggest 24-hour advance into Ukraine in over a year on Tuesday just ahead of the Trump-Putin summit, according to an AFP analysis of data from the US-based Institute for the Study of War.The Russian army took or claimed 110 square kilometres (42.5 square miles) on August 12 compared to the previous day. It was the most since late May 2024. n18oc_world n18oc_crux0:00 INTRODUCTIONLAVROV TO ATTEND PUTIN-TRUMP SUMMITGERMAN CHANCELLOR SCRAMBLES EU LEADERS FOR TRUMP CALLBIGGEST RUSSIAN ADVANCE IN A YEAR AHEAD OF PUTIN-TRUMP SUMMIT
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