Lavrov claims 'manly' diplomacy with Trump over Ukraine failed

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserted that Russia prefers to conduct diplomacy in a "manly" fashion, a style he believed could have resolved the Ukraine conflict with then-US President Donald Trump.

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We are used to handling matters, if one can say so, honorably, one can say, manly, and essentially it is the same.

Lavrov recounted a meeting in Anchorage between President Vladimir Putin and Trump, where he claimed the Russian side fully agreed to a US proposal to end the war in Ukraine. "We shook hands," Lavrov stated, expressing disappointment with Washington's subsequent actions.

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We shook hands.

According to Lavrov, EU representatives and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy then "threw themselves into Trump's arms" and "buried" the agreements made in Anchorage. He noted that US Secretary of State Mark Rubio later urged finding "new ways."

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threw themselves into Trump's arms and buried the agreements reached in Anchorage

Lavrov also acknowledged that Trump described the issue of transferring the entire Donbas region to Russian control as "complicated" after his talks with Putin. Lavrov previously stated that the US failed to uphold agreements on ending the war, claiming Trump assured Putin that Zelenskyy would comply with his demands, which did not happen.

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A real man said it – a real man did it. We said: we are ready. But the other side's attitude is a bit different.