Putin's Foreign Minister Blames US for Extra Year of War in Ukraine, Says Russia Could Have Been at Peace
Lavrov said Washington and European governments abandoned the Anchorage understanding, while Russia says it remains open to talks and will keep fighting during negotiations.
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed Monday that the United States and Europe prolonged the war in Ukraine by a year by abandoning what he described as 'Anchorage agreements' reached between President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2025.
- Although Lavrov cited the 2025 Alaska summit, U.S. officials, including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, have denied any formal agreement existed. Presidential agreements are not binding U.S. policy unless ratified as a treaty by the Senate.
- Seeking to break the peace talk deadlock, Trump's envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff recently visited Moscow and Kyiv earlier this month. Efforts remain stalled over Russia's territorial demands, with Moscow rejecting unconditional ceasefires while demanding Kyiv cede the Donbas.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky plans to discuss limited ceasefires with Trump during a potential meeting in New York next week on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. Lavrov also expects to meet Secretary of State Rubio during the same event.
- Lavrov reiterated that Russia has never refused to negotiate and claimed it is 'entirely possible to resume them' if colleagues are ready. He repeated Kremlin demands for the 'denazification' and 'demilitarization' of Ukraine, using exact quotes per source.
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blamed Europe for derailing the Anchorage agreements, claiming that had Washington and Moscow been allowed to move forward, the Russia-Ukraine war could have ended a year ago. Lavrov’s remarks put fresh focus on Moscow’s criticism of Europe’s role in the stalled peace process.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused on Tuesday the United States of prolonging Moscow's war against Ukraine by a year, after the US administration withdrew from what he called the "Anchorage Agreements," agreed between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, broadcasts Kyiv Independent. Moscow has made ...
“I would have lived without war for a year”
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the US, on September 15, of prolonging Moscow's war against Ukraine by a year by withdrawing from what he described as "the Anchorage Agreements, concluded between the President of the United States...
Lavrov accuses the US of prolonging the war in Ukraine for a year. Peace talks have stalled, but new meetings are planned on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York.
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