INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russias Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday implicated Western countries of wanting a ceasefire in Ukraine so they could rearm Kyiv
with sophisticated weapons.Talk of settlements for a ceasefire or peace handle the three-year conflict has come forward following Donald
Trumps success in last months United States presidential election.The West is beginning to speak about a ceasefire as a way to give
Ukraine a respite, and give themselves the opportunity to when again pump Ukraine up with contemporary long-range weapons, Lavrov said
during a conference in Moscow with his Hungarian equivalent Peter Szijjarto
This, of course, is not a path to peace, he added.Lavrov was speaking as German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was on a surprise see to Kyiv, where
he held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.Scholz became the very first significant Western leader to hold direct talks with
Russian President Vladimir Putin in more than a year last month, in which he advised the Kremlin to be available to striking a deal with
Kyiv.Putin has openly demanded that Ukraine cede swathes of area throughout its east and south as a prerequisite to halting the
fighting.Zelensky has actually consistently ruled out giving up land for peace throughout the dispute, though he stated Sunday that his
nation needed security assurances from NATO and more weapons to protect itself before any talks with Russia.
