MOSCOW, February 5. /TASS/. Europe is trying to disrupt and prevent the negotiations that have begun between Russia and the United States on Ukraine. At the same time, the Fronde is growing in the European Union because of Germany's plans to subjugate everyone, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with RT.

The minister noted that European leaders contact Moscow clandestinely, without announcing these conversations.

TASS has compiled the key statements of the foreign minister.

Russia is ready to see Ukraine not necessarily become its ally, but it should be "neutral and benevolent."

Ukraine cannot enter into any agreements while violating "the norms of international law" or its constitution.