Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov blamed the US and Ukraine’s other Western allies for undermining the prospect of peace talks during the early months of the war. “It is well known that we supported the proposal of the Ukrainian side to negotiate early in the special military operation and by the end of March, the two delegations agreed on the principle to settle this conflict,” Lavrov said Monday during a visit to South Africa. “It is well known and was published openly that our American, British, and some European colleagues told Ukraine that it is too early to deal, and...