“The Kremlin is ready”: Lavrov said that Putin agreed to accept the U.S. concept on Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin, during a meeting with his American counterpart Donald Trump in Anchorage, confirmed Moscow’s readiness to accept the U.S. plan for resolving the conflict in Ukraine.

This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview with the Hungarian YouTube channel Ultrahang.

According to him, before the Alaska summit, Trump’s special envoy Steven Whitkoff brought Washington’s proposals on Ukraine to Moscow, which were carefully reviewed by the Russian side. During the meeting itself, Putin went over each element of the concept in detail, confirming the information with Whitkoff as he went.

“Everything was confirmed. After that, Putin stated that the Kremlin was ready to accept their concept and move forward on a practical basis according to the proposed framework,” said Sergey Lavrov.

Earlier, Trump had expressed his belief that the Russian leader wanted peace in Ukraine.

“I think Putin wants this to end,” he said.

On October 16, the presidents of Russia and the United States held a two-hour conversation. Trump said that “great progress” was made during the dialogue. According to him, he agreed to hold a second meeting with Putin — this time in Budapest, the capital of Hungary.

Subsequently, CNN reported that a meeting between Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, which was supposed to take place before the summit, was postponed. The reason, it was claimed, was “different expectations” regarding the settlement of the Ukrainian issue.

On October 23, Trump announced the cancellation of the meeting with Putin in Budapest. He said he had the impression that he “would not be able to achieve the desired result,” but the president did not rule out the possibility of a meeting in the future. Commenting on the decision, Putin noted that Trump’s words indicated more of a postponement of the Budapest meeting rather than a complete cancellation.