“We will not pause the special military operation during negotiations in any format” -Lavrov.
When the Kremlin outright tells you they aren't going to stop shooting, believe them. Anyone still pretending Russia is the side pushing for peace is either willfully blind or deliberately carrying Putin’s water.
It’s classic Kremlin gaslighting, and the fact that Western politicians like Rubio are still running PR for them is embarrassing.
Lavrov literally stood at the UN and admitted point-blank that Russia will not pause its military operations during any negotiations. They are openly telling the world they will keep bombing Ukraine while they "talk," using the same tired, manufactured excuses about language laws and the Orthodox Church to justify a land grab.
Ukraine is the only one actually offering a full, immediate ceasefire, while putin’s regime makes it blatantly obvious they only want peace on their own violent terms.
Lavrov: "We will not pause the special military operation during negotiations in any format. Although Europe wants exactly this, with the same straightforward goal: to get a breather and replenish the exhausted military arsenals of the Kyiv regime, which, out of desperation, has long since resorted to blatantly terrorist methods.
One of the tasks of the special military operation, in addition to unconditionally ensuring Russia's security interests, is to fully account for the rights of Russian and Russian-speaking people not only in Crimea, Donbas, and Novorossiya, but also on the territory of Ukraine. There, with the approval of the West, laws totally banning the Russian language in all spheres—in education, media, culture, and everyday life—as well as banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church, remain in effect. These laws began to be adopted long before the special military operation, starting in 2017."