Russia on Thursday warned Washington against making what it described as "unacceptable" arms deliveries to Ukraine during talks between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Manila.
Lavrov told the U.S. secretary of state "it was unacceptable to continue supplying weapons to the Kyiv regime," the Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
In their meeting held on the sidelines of a summit of Southeast Asian foreign ministers, Moscow's top diplomat also condemned what he called "a destabilizing policy by European countries, which are still seeking to inflict a 'strategic defeat' on Russia."
The first sit-down between Lavrov and Rubio since September 2025 comes as Washington's focus has switched from mediating in Ukraine to dealing with war in the Middle East.
The U.S. State Department said in a brief statement that Rubio and Lavrov – who made no statements to the press ahead of their meeting – had discussed the "U.S.-Russia relationship and the need to end the Russia-Ukraine war."
