Both TASS and Sputnik reported on comments by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in a press conference after his speech at the UN General Assembly.
“Yes, we are ready for negotiations [on Ukraine]. But we will not consider any proposals for a ceasefire because once we considered it, you deceived us,” Lavrov told reporters.
Sputnik reported, “Speaking about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 10-point ‘peace formula,’” Sergey Lavrov said it is absolutely not realizable, although the West regards it as the only basis for peace in Ukraine.
“We are guided by the ugly reality, and it is such that Zelenskyy and everyone who leads him from Washington, London and Brussels firmly say with one voice, ‘There is no other basis for peace other than Zelenskyy’s formula.’ And Zelenskyy’s formula, I don’t even know, you can describe it in different ways, but it is absolutely not realizable, and everyone understands this,’” Lavrov said.
Lavrov also addressed the long-term agenda of the oligarchical forces of the West: The West says that “Russia must be defeated on the battlefield altogether. That is what we hear as facts and draw conclusions that nobody wants to earnestly show their understanding of the situation, including those who do understand it but do not actually want to make it public,” Lavrov said. “And under these circumstances, if it is on the battlefield, so be it on the battlefield, come on.”
