Lavrov says that the peace agreement proposed by the United States with Ukraine moves in the right direction, but requires adjustments.
The envoy of the president of the United States, Steve Witkoff, with President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, hours after Russia killed at least five people in Ukraine.
A child was among the three people killed during the night in the attacks of Russian unmanned aircraft in the industrial city of Pavlohrad in downtown Ukraine, according to Serhiy Lysak, governor of the Dnipropetrovsk region.
He said that 14 people were also injured in the attack on a five -story building, including a six -year -old child and adolescents, 15 and 17. Five of the injured remained in the hospital, he added.
Two more people were killed on Friday morning in Donetsk’s regions, Yarova’s settlement, where an air bomb was withdrawn in a residential building, according to Donetsk regional prosecutors.
The Ukraine Air Force said Russia launched 103 drones in night attacks in Ukraine, causing damage to five regions.
Lysak said 11 drones were destroyed on the Dnipropetrovsk region.
Witkoff visit
Meanwhile, Zein Basravi de Al Jazeera, who reports from kyiv, said that the Ukrainians will see the Witkoff and Putin meeting positively.
“Come to Witkoff and even Donald Trump as a Russian withdrawal,” he said, highlighting Ukrainian frustration with US diplomatic efforts.
“Ukraine and its allies in the EU and in other places they agree that they cannot continue negotiating or are expected to accept the terms, while there is no fire, and its cities are still being bombed during the night,” Basravi added.
Ukraine has emphasized that their priorities in negotiations remain firm: the preservation of territorial integrity and the arrest of Russian aggression.
Kyiv strongly rejected the proposal of the United States of Ukraine to accept the annexation of Crimea de Russia.
On Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the peace agreement proposed by the United States with Ukraine is “moving in the right direction”, but recognizes that certain aspects of the agreement require “fine adjustment.”
In a preview of an interview scheduled to broadcast on CBS News on Sunday, Lavrov answered a question about Trump’s comments that the agreement was “very close” and should finally be done. “
Lavrov agreed, declaring: “The president of the United States believes, and I think that we are rightly moving in the right direction.”
He added: “We are ready to reach an agreement, but there are still some specific points that need to be adjusted. We are occupied with this process exactly.”
Hanna Shelest, director of Security Programs of the “Prism Ukranian,” Foreign Council, said the red lines of Ukraine are clear.
“This is the country’s territorial integrity, and nobody will tell us that the alliance our Armed Forces should join. That is only logical, especially since no one has provided us with security guarantees,” he said.
Shelest said that Ukraine’s strategy is to build a wide international coalition.
“Just before Trump became president, it was clear that Ukraine cannot trust a single important partner; we need to build the largest possible coalition,” he said.
“The Ukrainians definitely because a high fire, but not a surrender,” he added.