Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on November 15 that Ukraine's conditions for restarting talks with Moscow were "unrealistic." He was speaking at the Group of 20 summit, where pressure was mounting on Russia to end the conflict. "All problems are with the Ukrainian side, which is categorically refusing negotiations and putting forward conditions that are obviously unrealistic," Lavrov told reporters in Bali, Indonesia. He said he had put forward that position during a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron and that he had explained Russia's position during talks with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
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