Russia's Lavrov says Ukraine peace plan is pointless

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in an interview said Ukraine's proposed peace plan was pointless as it was based on unacceptable notions like Russia's withdrawal from areas it has captured.

"We are in any case ready to hold discussions but not on the basis of Zelenskiy's 'peace formula'," Mr Lavrov told the daily. Mr Lavrov dismissed as unacceptable the plan's provisions, which call for Russia to withdraw from territory it has captured, including Crimea, annexed in 2014, and the restoration of Ukraine's 1991 post-Soviet borders.Mr Zelenskiy rejects any notion of negotiations with Russia on any basis other than the peace plan.

He said Swiss officials had told him"we understand that nothing can be solved without you, that's unfair." And once the plan was turned into a"collective product", Russia would be invited.

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