Russian Foreign Minister Rules Out Territorial Concessions to Ukraine

Slated to meet with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other U.S. officials this week in Saudi Arabia, Sergei Lavrov didn’t see any role for the EU.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a press conference in Moscow on Feb. 27, 2024. Maxim Shipenkov/POOL / AFP via Getty Images

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday said the Kremlin is not weighing territorial concessions for Ukraine in negotiations to end the nearly three-year war.

This past week, U.S. President Donald Trump said after a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin that the two sides would begin talks aimed at ending the war in Ukraine.