Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday discussed the Ukraine conflict in a call with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who is casting himself as a possible peacemaker, reported from AFP.

"There was a thorough exchange of views on Ukrainian issues," the Kremlin said in its readout of the call, adding that Putin said Kyiv had adopted a "destructive" position that ruled out a peace agreement.

The call was initiated at Orban's request, the Kremlin said, and comes a day after Budapest's top diplomat said Hungary would forge ahead with its self-styled Ukraine "peace mission".

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