Russia Refuses to Stop Attacking Ukraine During Peace Negotiations, Lavrov Says
Lavrov said Moscow is ready for talks, but it will keep fighting and rejects a ceasefire or a Putin-Zelensky summit outside Russia.
- On Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov signaled Moscow's readiness to resume war negotiations, while President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit in Miami this December.
- This development follows September visits to Moscow and Kyiv by U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, who discussed potential peace frameworks though conversations yielded no immediate breakthroughs.
- Zelensky called talks with U.S. envoys "very substantial," proposing a trilateral format with Washington and Moscow, while Lavrov reiterated demands for "demilitarization" and security guarantees, dismissing ceasefire requests during ongoing conflict.
- The Kremlin welcomed President Donald Trump's energy truce proposal as a "good initiative" on Monday, while Zelensky offered to halt strikes if Russia guarantees an end to infrastructure attacks.
- Previous trilateral peace deals have struggled as Kyiv and Moscow interpret terms differently; Washington maintains a vested interest in stabilizing energy markets ahead of November mid-term elections.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said yesterday that his country was ready to resume negotiations on the Ukrainian crisis and to seek consensus and reasonable solutions, but would not allow NATO to exist on its borders. During a meeting with ambassadors on the situation in Ukraine, Lavrov said: Russia wanted to end the Ukrainian conflict and was ready to hold a new round of talks soon if Kiev was ready to resume it. With regard to contacts…
Moscow has set conditions for fulfilling the American request to stop attacks on energy infrastructure.
Russia has expressed its readiness to resume negotiations on the war, while the US proposes an “energy truce”. Kiev seeks guarantees of reciprocity, and Moscow calls the initiative a good one, with continued diplomatic efforts.
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