Russia 'ready to make a deal' on Ukraine war, Lavrov says

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin is "ready to scope a deal" to extremity the warfare successful Ukraine, which has been raging for much than 3 years.

In an excerpt of an interrogation that is acceptable to aerial successful afloat connected Sunday, Lavrov told CBS News that helium agreed with President Donald Trump's assertion that talks betwixt Ukraine and Russia were "moving successful the close direction." 

In this photograph released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via their telegram channel, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui during their talks successful Pyongyang, North Korea, connected Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.  (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service telegram transmission via AP)

TRUMP TELLS PUTIN 'STOP' AFTER DEADLY RUSSIAN STRIKES ON KYIV

Lavrov’s comments came aft Trump criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and demanded helium halt the deadly strikes successful Ukraine. 

"I americium not blessed with the Russian strikes connected KYIV. Not necessary, and precise atrocious timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5,000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the bid woody DONE," Trump wrote.

However, Lavrov besides told CBS News that determination were "some circumstantial points, elements of the deal, which request to beryllium fine-tuned," but did not explicate what was being negotiated.

Lavrov besides seemingly made it wide to CBS News that Russia would not springiness up Crimea, which the state seized from Ukraine successful 2014. However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week that his state would not admit Russian power of Crimea, arsenic it would spell against Ukraine’s constitution. Trump slammed Zelenskyy implicit the "inflammatory" remark and said successful a station connected Truth Social that the remark was "very harmful" to bid efforts.

"It’s inflammatory statements similar Zelenskyy’s that marque it truthful hard to settee this war," Trump wrote. In the aforesaid post, helium said it was clip for Russia and Ukraine to "get it done" and scope an agreement.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Sputnik/Alexei Danichev/Pool via REUTERS/Leah Millis/Alina Smutko)

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Putin has yet to hold to a U.S. connection to halt the war, and it remains unclear what precisely would get him to motion a deal. However, the Trump medication is inactive optimistic astir its efforts to extremity the deadly conflict.

When speaking to reporters successful the Oval Office connected Thursday, Trump said that helium thinks some Ukraine and Russia "want bid close now" and that "they’re acceptable to bash something." He past asked Secretary of State Marco Rubio to measurement successful connected the presumption of the bid negotiations.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks adjacent to U.S. President Donald Trump and U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, during a gathering with Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere (not pictured) successful the Oval Office of the White House successful Washington, D.C., April 24, 2025.  (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque)

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"This warfare is endable. Both sides conscionable person to hold to it," Rubio told reporters. He besides said determination were "good meetings implicit the weekend," which were presumably focused connected ending the conflict.

Rubio added that the results of Russia’s deadly strikes connected Ukraine should punctual the satellite wherefore it’s truthful important to spot bid successful the region.