Russia ‘will not review its goals’ in Ukraine, says Lavrov

Sergei Lavrov talks to the media at a news conference, during the OSCE summit (Boris Grdanoski/AP)

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said his government is not prepared to “review its goals” in Ukraine — delivering a blunt and confrontational message to Western leaders on a rare trip to a Nato member state.

“We aren’t seeing any signals from Kyiv or its masters about their readiness to seek any kind of political settlement,” Mr Lavrov told reporters while attending a security conference in North Macedonia.