Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claimed that Moscow had allegedly reached a verbal agreement with the US on ending the war against Ukraine during talks between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump in Anchorage. The Russian minister described this approach as a \u00abbuddy-style\u00bb agreement, although following the summit the parties announced neither a peace deal nor a ceasefire.<\/p>\n
Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n The statement was made on 28 August in an interview with the Russian news agency RBC. When asked about contacts with Washington, Lavrov<\/strong> said that Russia is used to doing things \u00abin a noble way\u00bb or \u00abin a rough-and-ready way\u00bb<\/strong>, describing these concepts as identical.<\/p>\n He applied this phrase to attempts to negotiate an end to the war against Ukraine. According to the Russian minister, Moscow had agreed to the American proposal for a settlement and regarded this as a political understanding having been reached.<\/p>\n Meeting Vladimir Putin<\/strong> \u0456 Donald Trump<\/strong> took place on 15 August 2025 in Anchorage, Alaska. Lavrov claims that prior to the summit, the US Special Representative Steve Witkoff<\/strong> He conveyed the proposals to Moscow, and during their conversation Putin allegedly went through them point by point with Trump and confirmed Russia\u2019s willingness to accept the plan.<\/p>\n The details of these proposals have not been made public, nor has the list of points that Moscow describes as having been agreed upon. Reuters reported that the meeting, which lasted almost three hours, ended without an agreement on a ceasefire, although both sides described the talks as productive.<\/p>\n According to Lavrov, following the talks in Washington, there was a shift away from the previous approach. He blamed the President of Ukraine for this Vladimir Zelensky<\/strong> and European leaders who, he claimed, had been trying to persuade Trump to change his stance.<\/p>\n The Russian minister also said that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio subsequently spoke of seeking \u00abnew approaches\u00bb. At the same time, Lavrov acknowledged the complexity of the Donbas issue: Moscow is demanding that the entire region be handed over to it, including areas it does not control. Ukraine rejects these demands.<\/p>\n\n
Lavrov linked his statement to the US proposals<\/h2>\n
The Russian version of the Anchorage summit<\/h2>\n
Moscow accuses Kyiv and Europe of causing a shift in the US position<\/h2>\n
The new proposals have not brought the fighting to a halt<\/h2>\n