Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that President Putin reached a compromise with the U.S. on Ukraine during an August meeting with President Trump in Alaska, and the two countries agreed on how the war should end. Lavrov added that the U.S. has since renewed sanctions, sold weapons to Ukraine through European states, and failed to release frozen Russian assets or restore direct flights, according to journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12).
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated Wednesday that President Vladimir Putin reached a compromise with the United States on Ukraine during a meeting with President Donald Trump in Alaska in August, and the two sides agreed on how the war should end and how further negotiations should proceed. Lavrov said Moscow is now hearing voices telling it to compromise again, but pointed to continued U.S. sanctions from the Biden era, new sanctions, American arms sales to Ukraine via European countries, and the failure of the Alaska talks to unfreeze Russian assets or restore direct flights. Lavrov added that Russia is ready to talk but wants to know the outcome of the G7 summit, which the U.S. has not briefed Moscow on regarding its Ukraine position.
The remarks were reported by journalist Asaf Rozentzweig (N12) on Wednesday afternoon. The Zioneer has previously reported on Lavrov's statements about readiness for talks, as well as the G7 summit declarations on Ukraine support, though this is the first mention of a concrete compromise framework emerging from the Alaska meeting. The statement appears to describe a timeline in which a diplomatic understanding reached months ago has since unraveled, and Lavrov is now accusing Washington of backsliding.
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