Russia Warns US Against Ukraine Arms Sales in Manila Meeting
Lavrov told Rubio it was unacceptable for the United States to keep arming Ukraine as Moscow sought a political settlement, Russia said.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the US on Thursday in Manila that continued arms deliveries to Ukraine were 'unacceptable,' meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on the sidelines of an ASEAN foreign ministers' summit.
- The encounter marked the first direct talks between Lavrov and Rubio since September 2025, occurring as Washington's diplomatic focus shifted from Ukraine mediation toward Middle East conflicts.
- Lavrov told Rubio it would be 'unacceptable to further arm the Kyiv regime' while condemning what he called 'a destabilizing policy by European countries, which are still seeking to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia.'
- Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke Thursday with US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner on reviving peace diplomacy, while President Trump voiced support for Ukraine's long-range drone strikes targeting Russian energy infrastructure.
- Ukraine's expanded drone campaign in recent months has intensified across the war's fifth year, with overnight strikes killing four people across Russian territory including a three-year-old boy in Voronezh, while Ukrainian defenses neutralized 154 of 168 Russian attack drones.
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Rubio made a statement after the meeting with Lavrov, and a Su-57 military plane crashed under Moscow, and Zelensky called the date of the Ukraine-USA-FR meeting. Respondent.net highlights the main events of yesterday.
The Kremlin archived the illusions about the spirit of Anchorage: no acceleration in the negotiations on Ukraine. After the summit in Manila, Moscow focuses on the autonomy of war and on the war to excess.
Russia warns U.S. against Ukraine arms sales in Manila meeting
Mr. Lavrov and Rubio's meeting on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit, their first since September 2025, came as Washington's focus has switched from mediating in Ukraine to dealing with war in the West Asia
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