Russia says U.S. must heed battlefield realities in Ukraine peace push
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Saturday that the U.S. must accept battlefield "realities on the ground" favoring Moscow in any proposal to settle the war in Ukraine.
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- Published Date: 09:52 AM 05 September 2026
The U.S. administration should take into account realities on the ground in any settlement of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, where the situation is shifting against Kyiv, the TASS news agency cited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov as saying on Saturday.
"The key question is the extent to which the U.S. administration is prepared to invest in finding a real solution to the current crisis, considering the realities on the ground," Ryabkov told TASS, when asked to comment on a possible visit to Moscow by U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, Donald Trump's son-in-law.
On Friday, the U.S. president said the envoys were heading abroad to attempt to reach a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.