Lavrov’s comments were published as Zelenskyy headed in Florida to meet with Trump at his Mar-a-lago estate to resume talks on proposals to end the conflict with Russia. The meeting is expected to start at 1 p.m. Florida time (7 p.m. in Brussels).
The meeting follows weeks of negotiations by envoys from the U.S., Ukraine and Russia since Trump proposed a 28-point peace plan in November. The proposal has been revised to 20 points, with Zelenskyy presenting the details to journalists in Kyiv last week.
Early Saturday, Moscow pummeled the Ukrainian capital with one of its heaviest air assaults in recent weeks. The Russian strikes killed one person, AP reported.
Zelenskyy spoke with several EU leaders ahead of the U.S. visit during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday.
