Russia warns that attempts to resolve Ukraine's security issues without Russian participation will fail and calls such efforts a road to nowhere. Russian officials insist any summit between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy must be prepared meticulously to avoid deterioration around the conflict. Russia accuses European leaders of clumsy attempts to influence the US position and of escalating the situation. US President Donald Trump hosted Zelenskyy and European leaders while also meeting Putin, and NATO military chiefs are scheduled to discuss potential security guarantees for Ukraine amid ongoing efforts to broker a ceasefire.
We cannot agree with the fact that now it is proposed to resolve questions of security, collective security, without the Russian Federation. This will not work, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday. I am sure that in the West and above all in the United States they understand perfectly well that seriously discussing security issues without the Russian Federation is a utopia; it's a road to nowhere.
Trump is trying to steer Putin and Zelenskyy towards a settlement more than three years after Russia invaded its neighbour, but major obstacles remain. The Russian official said any summit between Putin and Zelenskyy must be prepared in the most meticulous way so the meeting does not lead to a deterioration of the situation around the conflict. Lavrov also accused European leaders of making clumsy attempts to change the US president's position on Ukraine.
so the meeting does not lead to a deterioration of the situation around the conflict. Lavrov also accused European leaders of making clumsy attempts to change the US president's position on Ukraine. We have only seen aggressive escalation of the situation and rather clumsy attempts to change the position of the US president, he said, referring to Monday's meeting. We did not hear any constructive ideas from the Europeans there, Lavrov added.
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