# Russia has no grand illusions about Ukraine talks, Lavrov says

https://mins.news/en/item/61055

- TASS, 2026-09-16 13:58 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2188515

> Russia is awaiting proposals for talks on Ukraine but has no grand illusions about them, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. He stressed that Moscow is ready for bilateral or trilateral dialogue in any format and said previous negotiating processes were not interrupted at Russia’s initiative.

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