# Lavrov: Russia seeks lasting peace but will not pause military operation

https://mins.news/en/item/71180

- TASS, 2026-09-23 19:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2191867

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine that Moscow would not suspend its special military operation to negotiate. He said Russia remained ready for talks aimed at a lasting and just peace, accused Europe of seeking a pause to replenish Ukraine’s arsenals, and argued that Ukraine could have retained its 1991 borders if Europeans had not engaged in fraud.

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