Moscow does not intend to change their minds about how he sees acceptable security guarantees for Ukraine, as the head of Russian diplomacy informed on Wednesday.
Comments of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ławrov deprive the West of the Hope that since the Friday meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin with the US President Donald Trump in Alaska has been made any progress towards the end of the war in Ukraine.
Lavrz's comments also indicate that The Kremlin did not soften its maximalist position on Ukraine: that it is to become a neutral state, drastically reduce its armed forces and give up aspirations to membership in NATO.
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Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump at the airport in Anchorage, August 15, 2025.
– Moscow will not agree to collective security guarantees negotiated without Russia. […] Russia will accept if security guarantees for Ukraine are provided on an equal footing with the participation of countries such as China, the United States, Great Britain and France – said Lavrov at a press conference after meeting the Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Any influence of Beijing and Moscow on safety guarantees for Ukraine is Absolutely unacceptable to her Western allieswho are trying to create a plan to protect Ukraine after suspension of weapons or entering into force of a peace agreement.
“Discussing the issue of security without the Russian Federation is a utopia, via nowadays”
Another example of the Kremlin's reluctance to take steps to end the full -scale invasion, which began in February 2022, is that The probability of meeting Putin with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelnski in the near future is slimwhich results from the latest comments from Ławrowo.
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On Wednesday, Lavrov returned to the concept proposed during peace conversations in Istanbul in April 2022, which included the creation Coalition of Gapstrans modeled on NATO, providing Ukraine with security guarantees. However, this idea did not meet with a warm reception in the West, because Moscow demanded a unanimity clause that would have to be approved by all countries, including Russia, before the warranty would be launched.
– I am convinced that in the West, primarily in the United States, they perfectly understand that discussing the issue of security without the Russian Federation is a utopia, a way to nowhere – said Lavrov at a press conference.
Lavrov accuses Kallas of “degradation of foreign policy methods”
Foreign Minister Putin He also hit the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallaswhich in Russia matters presents the Jastrzębie position. Her statements considered “degradation of foreign policy methods”.
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Kaja Kallas, a high representative of the European Union for foreign affairs and security policy, during a conference in Kuala Lumpur, July 11, 2025.
Donald Trump, who praised the last meetings with Putin, and then with Zelnski and European leaders as a success, said on Monday that Ukraine would have “similar to Article 5” NATO protection, but did not reveal any details. On the other hand, he also promised that an American soldier would not put his foot on Ukrainian land.
And in the end, European leaders do not believe in Putin's honesty honest in terms of peace agreement – and Lavrov's statements will only confirm them in this theory.
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