Russia rebukes Rome's 'Bogus' war mediation offer; 'Pseudo-peacemakers stop arming Ukraine'

Rome offers to mediate as the Russia-Ukraine war heads for further escalation. The peace proposal by Italy, however, angered Russia's Vladimir Putin administration. Moscow called the offer "strange" and said it could not trust Rome as an "honest broker." Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said that "European pseudo-peacemakers should stop arming Kyiv and focus on working with Ukrainian President Zelensky instead, who has repeatedly voiced his total rejection of the peace resolution options." Russia's response comes days after Italian PM Giorgia Meloni talked about Rome's readiness to "guarantee a possible peace agreement" between warring nations.