Lavrov: Russia will not seek ceasefire amid second round of peace negotiations

Russia and Ukraine's delegations are meeting for a second round of peace negotiations Thursday while Russia continues to escalate its troop movements within the country.

Ukrainian leaders have expressed a desire for a ceasefire, but Russia appears uninterested in considering such terms. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia had submitted its demands to the Ukrainian delegation and was waiting to hear Kyiv's response during talks set to meet in the western Belarussian region of Brest.

"We are ready to conduct talks, but we will continue the operation because we won't allow Ukraine to preserve a military...