Lavrov Signals Russia is ready to sign a deal to end the bloody war in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin is “ready to reach the deal.” War in Ukrainehas been furious for over three years.
Lavrov told CBS News that he agreed to the president in an excerpt from an interview that airs fully on Sunday Donald Trump’s The argument for discussion between Ukraine and Russia was “moving in the right direction.”
In this photo, released via telegram channel by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will listen to North Korean Foreign Minister Cho Song Hui during talks in North Korea on Thursday, October 19, 2023. (Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Publishing Telegram Channel via AP)
Trump tells Putin to “stop” after a fatal Russian strike against Kiev
Lavrov’s comments came after Trump criticized the Russian president Vladimir Putin He then demanded that he cease the fatal strike in Ukraine.
“I’m not satisfied with the Russian strike in Kiev. It’s not necessary, it’s very bad timing. Vladimir, stop it! 5,000 soldiers are dying every week. Let’s end the peace agreement,” Trump wrote.
However, Lavrov told CBS News that “elements of the contract that need to be tweaked, they need to be tweaked” did not explain what was negotiated.
Lavrov clearly made it clear CBS News Russia will not give up on Crimea, where the country was seized from Ukraine in 2014. However, Ukrainian President Voldymir Zelensky said this week that he would not recognize Russia’s control of Crimea, as opposed to Ukraine’s constitution. Trump slammed Zelenkey over his “inflammatory” remarks, saying in a post about the true society that the comments were “very harmful” to peace efforts.
“It’s inflammation Statement like Zelenskyy’s This makes this war very difficult to resolve,” Trump wrote. In the same post, he said it was time for Russia and Ukraine to “have done it” to reach an agreement.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, President Voldymir Zelensky (sputnik/alexei danichv/Pool byReuters/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)
Putin has yet to agree with the US proposal to stop the war, so it remains unclear what will force him to sign the deal. However, the Trump administration remains optimistic about its efforts to end the deadly conflict.
Speaking to reporters in the oval office on Thursday, Trump said that both Ukraine and Russia “want peace now” and that “they are ready to do something.” He then asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to consider his position in peace talks.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio tells him next to President Donald Trump and the Treasury Secretary during a meeting with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gar Stoyle (no photo) at the White House Oval Office in Washington, DC on April 24, 2025. (Reuters/Kevin Lamarck)
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“This war will be eternal. Both sides must agree,” Rubio told reporters. He also said there was a “good meeting over the weekend” and it was probably focused on ending the conflict.
Rubio added that the outcome of Russia’s fatal strike against Ukraine should remind the world why it is so important to see peace in the region.