Published on
23/06/2026 - 14:00 GMT+2
The Russian foreign minister said on Tuesday that Europe is “becoming a major threat to international peace and security" by providing military support to Ukraine, and claimed that the US was no longer trying to be an "objective mediator" to broker an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine.
"As for the United States, judging by their actions, they appear to be abandoning any claim to the role of an objective mediator and are instead pursuing a course of escalating sanctions pressure on Russia," Sergei Lavrov told foreign envoys in Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s aide Yuri Ushakov also said that Russia is allegedly ready for a dialogue with the European Union, as he reiterated the Kremlin's narrative that it is Europe and not Moscow that is prolonging the war in Ukraine.
