Lavrov says he has a "feeling" US could change its approach to war in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said that he has a "feeling" that the United States could change its approach to ending the war in Ukraine and that Russia is committed to the "understandings" reached in Anchorage.
Source: Kremlin-aligned Russian news agency RIA Novosti; Interfax Russia
Quote: "We have a feeling that there could once again be a change in approach [by the US towards the war in Ukraine – ed.], as happened after the meeting in Anchorage, where mutual understanding was reached.
President Trump has just said that he is ready to become involved again in efforts to facilitate a settlement of the Ukrainian crisis. We are ready for that."
Details: Lavrov added that Moscow is committed to "the position and the settlement paths proposed by the American side at the Anchorage summit".
Background:
- On 18 June, Yuri Ushakov, an aide to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, claimed that European leaders at the G7 summit in France "fed" US President Donald Trump with "harmful ideas".
- Following the G7 summit, Trump said that he had had "very good talks" with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, stating that both leaders want to end the war but do not know how.
- On 5 March, Lavrov said that the atmosphere of US-Russia talks after the leaders' meeting in Alaska had been constructive and friendly, but that the "spirit of Anchorage" was now "evaporating".
- Trump and Putin met on 15 August 2025 at a military base near Anchorage, Alaska.
- The meeting ended without any publicly announced agreements.
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