LAVROV ON UKRAINE PEACE SETTLEMENT BEFORE CEASEFIRE

Aug 28

In his RBC interview on 28 August 2026, Sergey Lavrov says Russia remains ready for negotiations but will not declare a ceasefire while they take place: fighting would stop after a comprehensive, long-term settlement. He relates this approach to his account of the Anchorage discussions and says the remaining difficult issue was the Ukrainian-held part of what Russia calls the Donetsk People’s Republic. He attributes a preference for lasting settlement over a temporary ceasefire to Trump and says Russia’s main points were confirmed. These are Lavrov’s statements about the talks; the passage does not publish an agreed text or establish that Ukraine accepted Russia’s terms. The dated interview supplies Russian policy context for the later Wadephul–Lavrov meeting, not a reply delivered to Merz in the same encounter.

In his RBC interview on 28 August 2026, Sergey Lavrov says Russia remains ready for negotiations but will not declare a ceasefire while they take place: fighting would stop after a comprehensive, long-term settlement. He relates this approach to his account of the Anchorage discussions and says the remaining difficult issue was the Ukrainian-held part of what Russia calls the Donetsk People’s Republic. He attributes a preference for lasting settlement over a temporary ceasefire to Trump and says Russia’s main points were confirmed. These are Lavrov’s statements about the talks; the passage does not publish an agreed text or establish that Ukraine accepted Russia’s terms. The dated interview supplies Russian policy context for the later Wadephul–Lavrov meeting, not a reply delivered to Merz in the same encounter.