G-20 finance ministers have failed to reach a consensus on the war in Ukraine and are likely to end their meeting in India on Saturday without a joint communiqué, Reuters reported, citing official sources. 

The United States and its G7 allies are adamant that the communiqué explicitly condemn Russia for invading its neighbor's territory, which the Russian and Chinese delegations opposed, the sources said.

Host India is also insisting that meeting participants avoid using the word "war" in any communiqué, G20 officials told Reuters. India, which currently holds the presidency of the G20, has maintained a largely neutral stance on the war, refusing to blame Russia for the invasion, seeking a diplomatic solution and sharply increasing its purchases of Russian oil.

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said there is no way the group can move beyond the joint statement agreed to at the G20 summit in Bali last November, which said that most members strongly condemned the war in Ukraine, but also acknowledged that some countries look at the conflict differently.

German Finance Minister Christian Lindner, speaking on the sidelines of Friday's meeting, said the G20 should not retreat from its previous criticism of Russia.

A senior G20 source said negotiations on the communiqué have been difficult because Russia and China have blocked Western proposals. India wants to stick to the Bali language, the source said.

The source and several other officials said that unless there is a last-minute surprise, consensus on the communiqué is unlikely, and that the meeting is likely to end with a host statement summarizing the discussions.

Such confrontations have become increasingly common in the G-20, a forum created more than 20 years ago in response to economic crises but recently facing disagreements between Western countries and others, including China and Russia.