“Road without exit” has described the efforts to resolve security issues related to Moscow’s involvement, warning to the West as she is trying to end up guarantees the future protection of Kiev.
The Russian Foreign Minister particularly criticized the role of European leaders who met at the White House on Monday with the US President and his Ukrainian counterpart to discuss security guarantees that could help end the war.
“We cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve security issues, collective security without the Russian Federation. This will not work, “Lavrov said at a joint press conference following his meeting with the Jordanian Foreign Minister.
According to US officials and sources of Reuters, the US and Europe have begun to consider security guarantees for Ukraine after the war, with Lavrov stressing that such discussions without Russia are meaningless.
“I am sure that in the West and above all in the United States they understand very well that discussing serious security issues without the Russian Federation is utopia, it is a road without exit.”
At Wednesday’s teleconference, his military leaders had a “very open debate” on the results of recent Ukraine talks, according to alliance military commission chairman, Admiral Josepe Cavo Dragone, who stressed that “priority”.
Western official told Reuters that a small group of military leaders continued the discussions in Washington about security guarantees shortly after the wider virtual meeting.
Following the announcement of Polish officials that it was probably a Russian drone, Poland has accused Russia of causing NATO countries just when efforts to end the war are intensifying.
Lavrov’s comments emphasized Moscow’s demand for Western governments directly involved in security issues related to Ukraine and Europe, which, he says, have so far refused to do. Moscow this week also reiterated its rejection to “any scenario involving the development of NATO troops in Ukraine”.
‘Clumsy’ Europeans
Lavrov accused European leaders who met with Trump and Zelenski of making “a rather aggressive escalation of the situation, in clumsy and generally unethical efforts to change the position of the US administration and the US President himself …
Trump said on Monday that the United States would help ensure Ukraine’s security in any agreement to end Russia’s war. He then clarified that he excludes the mission of US troops to Ukraine, but under an agreement on the end of hostilities.
The head of the Zelenski office, after a meeting of Western Security and NATO national security advisers, said that the work on the military side of the guarantees are proceeding.
He also said that Ukraine is working together with its allies a plan on how to move on “if the Russian side continues to extend the war and undermine the agreements in bilateral and three -way leader meetings”.
Lavrov said Russia is in favor of “truly credible” guarantees for Ukraine and suggested that they rely on a draft agreement that had been discussed between the warring sides in Constantinople in 2022 in the first weeks of the war.
Based on the plan at the time, Ukraine would receive security guarantees from a group of countries that included the five permanent members of the UN Security Council – China, Russia, the United States, Britain and France.
Kiev then rejected the proposal on the grounds that Moscow would have a virtually entitled veto to any military response to its support.
The hostilities continue
Massive strikes with drones and rockets have been launched by Russia against many cities in western Ukraine early this morning, causing more than ten people injuring in the area while there is a dead man in LVIV, according to local authorities.
Explosions were heard from Kiev to the city of Lviv, and an alarm for air raids had been declared in the capital already last night.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced that Russia has used 574 drones and 40 missiles in its attacks overnight, the largest number recorded for a month. According to the same source, anti -aircraft defense broke 546 drones and 31 missiles, while blows were recorded in 11 areas and debris fell to three.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that it has destroyed “49 Ukrainian drones” this morning over various regions of the country.
