Ukraine’s Kursk offensive has killed off any chance of ceasefire talks beginning any time soon, Russian diplomats say. As bne IntelliNews has been reporting, Ukraine has been inching towards a ceasefire deal and both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy have signalled they were willing to sit down at the negotiating table. Zelenskiy has been actively preparing asecond peace summit slated to happen in November. Italy and Switzerland have stepped in to help and the Italian government has already started sending out invitations. But Ambassador-at-Large of t…