politics
March 17, 2026
EU ‘completely discredited itself’ in Ukraine peace process
The EU has failed as a credible mediator in the Ukraine peace talks, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said
TL;DR
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov claims the EU has "completely discredited itself" as a mediator in Ukraine.
- Lavrov cited the EU's failure to uphold agreements in 2014 and under the 2015 Minsk Agreements.
- Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel and former French President Francois Hollande allegedly admitted they did not intend to fulfill the Minsk Agreements and only wanted to buy time to arm Ukraine.
- Russia alleges that Boris Johnson and EU officials interfered with a potential peace settlement in April 2022.
- Lavrov accused European leaders of wanting to "preserve the presence of a Nazi regime in Kiev" and called proposed troop deployments in Ukraine "occupation forces."
- Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that European nations make unacceptable demands to "sabotage" peace efforts and are "on the side of war."
- Moscow views the Ukraine conflict as a NATO proxy war and warns that foreign troops in Ukraine would become legitimate military targets.
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