Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov spoke by telephone with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and said he welcomed the “positive role” of the United States in helping to secure a resumption of talks between Russia and Ukraine. Rubio was quoted as telling the CBS news program “Face the Nation” that Lavrov said the Russian side was “working on a series of ideas and requirements that they would have in order to move forward with a ceasefire and further negotiations”. But a Ukrainian source said Russian negotiators in the talks had demanded the withdrawal of Ukrainian troops from the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson and Luhansk regions of Ukraine, with a ceasefire to take place only after that.
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Published at: 2025-05-17 22:14:19
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