# Lavrov: Russia will achieve battlefield goals if West rejects compromise

https://mins.news/en/item/49415

- TASS, 2026-09-08 09:02 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184059

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Russia would achieve its goals in Ukraine on the battlefield if Western countries refused to compromise. He said Moscow would prefer to reach them at the negotiating table, but would turn to the battlefield if Western diplomacy blocked countries advancing reasonable, balanced compromise initiatives.

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