Russia’s Lavrov rejects Zelensky’s ‘peace formula’–RIA

 Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov arrives with Azerbaijan’s Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov (not pictured) at a news conference, in Moscow, Russia December 23, 2022. REUTERS FILE PHOTO

Russia will not use Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s ‘peace formula’ as a basis for negotiations and believes Kyiv is still not ready for real peace talks, Russia’s RIA news agency cited Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying on Thursday.

Lavrov also told RIA that Kyiv’s idea of driving Russia out of eastern Ukraine and Crimea with Western help was “an illusion”.

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