{"id":6059,"date":"2026-05-28T19:11:34","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T19:11:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=6059"},"modified":"2026-05-29T13:46:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T13:46:07","slug":"lavrov-delivers-brutal-put-down-of-eu-demand","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/lavrov-delivers-brutal-put-down-of-eu-demand\/","title":{"rendered":"Lavrov delivers brutal put-down of EU demand"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Russian foreign minister was responding to suggestions from the bloc\u2019s foreign policy head, Kaja Kallas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has blasted EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas’ latest attempts to force maximalist demands, regarded by all parties to the Ukraine talks as unworkable, onto the agenda.<\/p>\n

Kallas has repeatedly insisted that Russia should scale back its armed forces as a precondition for EU involvement in negotiations, despite the bloc being seen in Moscow as an active participant in the conflict and never having been formally invited to talks.<\/p>\n

The bloc\u2019s fear of missing out has reportedly fueled discussions<\/a> in Brussels over who could eventually represent the union in possible talks with Moscow.<\/p>\n

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Talking about peace is a Russian trap \u2013 Kallas<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Kallas, however, denied the EU faces time on the negotiation sidelines, insisting on Thursday that the bloc is too important to ignore. \u201cIt is not the question of being invited to the table,\u201d<\/em> she told reporters on\u00a0at an informal EU foreign ministers\u2019 meeting in Cyprus. Brussels alone could decide whether sanctions on Russia should be lifted \u2013 something she claimed Moscow is \u201cinterested in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The EU\u2019s conditions for any such move included Russia \u201cmirroring\u201d<\/em> any troop limits imposed on Ukraine, as well as withdrawing forces from Transnistria, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia, where Russian troops have long served as peacekeepers.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, I\u2019m not discussing idiotic statements,\u201d<\/em> Lavrov\u00a0responded on Thursday when asked about Kallas\u2019 remarks.<\/p>\n

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also mocked the EU diplomat, saying Kallas sounded as though she was \u201ctalking to herself.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

It is not the first time the EU foreign policy chief has issued such demands. Back in February, Kallas called<\/a> for limits on the Russian military and argued that \u201ceveryone\u201d<\/em> should understand that Ukraine peace talks were not going to go anywhere without EU approval.<\/p>\n

Those remarks showed that \u201cEurobureaucrats are hellbent on disrupting the conflict settlement at any cost,\u201d<\/em> Zakharova said at the time.<\/p>\n

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EU\u2019s Kallas \u2018critically uneducated\u2019 \u2013 Moscow<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cAny reasonable person should support peace under any circumstances,\u201d<\/em> she added.<\/p>\n

Moscow has repeatedly accused<\/a> the EU of engaging in \u201cmegaphone diplomacy\u201d<\/em> \u2013 issuing public ultimatums instead of pursuing substantive negotiations.<\/p>\n

In November 2025, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen demanded on X that the EU be given a \u201ccentral\u201d<\/em> role in resolving the conflict, at a time when Moscow and Washington were discussing a US-drafted peace plan. She also outlined a list of conditions the Kremlin dismissed as \u201cunconstructive\u201d<\/em> and unacceptable.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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