Russia’s Foreign Minister Lavrov says ‘ready to reach a deal’ on Ukraine
The Hindu
Russia's Foreign Minister Lavrov ready to negotiate Ukraine war deal after Trump urges Putin to halt attacks
Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday (April 24, 2025) that Moscow was ready to do a deal on its war in Ukraine after U. S. President Donald Trump urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to halt attacks, in a rare rebuke following the deadliest strikes on Kyiv in months.
“We are ready to reach a deal, but there are still some specific points... which need to be fine-tuned, and we are busy with this,” Sergei Lavrov said in an interview with CBS News.
Mr. Trump’s envoy Steve Witkoff is due in Russia on Friday (April 25) where he is expected to hold another round of ceasefire talks with Mr. Putin.
Mr. Lavrov said the talks process was moving in the right direction, and negotiations would continue with Washington.
He said the U.S. President was “probably the only leader on Earth who recognised the need to address the root causes of this situation”, but said Mr. Trump “did not spell out the elements of the deal”.
Mr. Trump, however, issued a direct appeal to Russian President Putin following missile and drone strikes on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday (April 24) which left at least 12 people dead.
It was the latest in a wave of Russian aerial attacks that have killed dozens of civilians, defying Trump’s push to bring about a rapid end to the bloodshed.
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