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Did someone say "peace with Russia"?
Russia’s top diplomat says Zelensky can’t sign Ukraine war peace deal because he’s ‘illegitimate’https://nypost.com/2025/08/24/world-news/russias-top-diplomat-says-zelensky-cant-sign-ukraine-war-peace-deal-because-hes-illegitimate/
WASHINGTON — Russian leader Vladimir Putin cannot not sign a peace deal with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because Moscow views him as “illegitimate,” Moscow’s top diplomat said Sunday.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the declaration in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” suggesting that Putin will not be able to make an agreement with him.
Lavrov also threw up yet another roadblock to direct talks between Putin and Zelensky, saying that Russia has an “agenda” in mind that must to be agreed before the two sides can sit down together.
“There is no meeting planned,” Lavrov told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The summit to end the war will only happen if it has a “presidential agenda” that pleases Putin, he said — but that agenda is “not ready at all.”
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made the declaration in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” suggesting that Putin will not be able to make an agreement with him.
Lavrov also threw up yet another roadblock to direct talks between Putin and Zelensky, saying that Russia has an “agenda” in mind that must to be agreed before the two sides can sit down together.
“There is no meeting planned,” Lavrov told NBC’s “Meet the Press.”
The summit to end the war will only happen if it has a “presidential agenda” that pleases Putin, he said — but that agenda is “not ready at all.”
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