**Russia-Ukraine war latest: what we know on day 245 of the invasion**
* **Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov says talks with Ukraine are ‘not going into any substance’ and are ‘leaving much to be desired’.**
* **Zelenskiy says Russia is ‘trying to buy time’ with negotiations.**
* **The Ukrainian military says it has recaptured 62 settlements in the south and east in the past week.**
* **Russian strikes in the Mykolaiv region have killed three people, including a child, and injured seven others.**
* **The UN Security Council is set to meet on Friday to discuss the humanitarian situation in Ukraine.**
**Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said that talks with Ukraine are ‘not going into any substance’ and are ‘leaving much to be desired’.**
Lavrov made the comments at a press conference in Moscow on Thursday, after a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba.
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