Sergey Lavrov's comments were published as Zelenskyy headed in Florida to meet with Trump at his Mar-a-lago estate to resume talks on proposals to end the conflict with Russia.Russian Foreign Ministry/Anadolu via Getty Images

EU is ‘main obstacle’ to peace in Ukraine, says Russia’s foreign minister – POLITICO

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The European Union is “the main obstacle” to peace in Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Sunday ahead of a fresh round of peace talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump.

In an interview with the Russian state-owned media agency TASS, Lavrov said the EU is “making no secret of the fact that they are getting ready to fight it out with Russia on the battlefield.”

“We see that Zelenskyy’s regime and his European curators are not ready to engage in constructive talks,” he said, adding that the Kremlin “appreciates efforts by President of the United States Donald Trump and his team to achieve a peace settlement.”