Moscow, September 18, 2025, 3:30 PM — Regnum News Agency. Russia is ready to seek compromises on the Ukrainian conflict if its legitimate security interests are ensured. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated this on September 18.
"We understand, and Russian President Vladimir Putin has said this repeatedly, that ultimately a sustainable agreement is a compromise. And we are prepared to seek it, provided that our legitimate security interests, the legitimate interests of Russian people in Ukraine, are ensured just as the legitimate interests of other parties to such an agreement are ensured," the Russian Foreign Minister emphasized in an interview with the "Big Game" program on Channel One.
Lavrov noted that Europe, in turn, wants to formulate security guarantees for Ukraine in the continuation of the conflict with Russia.
The Russian President has repeatedly emphasized Russia's openness to a diplomatic resolution of the Ukrainian crisis. He cited Kyiv's official renunciation of its ambitions to join the North Atlantic Alliance as one of the key conditions. Furthermore, Ukraine must recognize the existing territorial changes and withdraw its troops from the territories of the new constituent entities of the Russian Federation that became part of it following the 2022 referendums.
On September 15, 2025, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov stated that the Kyiv regime was artificially delaying the peaceful resolution of the conflict, while Russia sought to resolve it through diplomatic means. He also noted that the Ukrainian side refused to show flexibility and seriously discuss a resolution to the crisis.