Russia Minister Dismisses Ukraine Peace Plan, UN Bid To Revive Grain Deal

Sergei Lavrov said Moscow left the Black Sea grain initiative because promises made to Russia had not been met.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday that Ukraine's proposed peace plan as well as the latest UN proposals to revive the Black Sea grain initiative were both "not realistic."

Lavrov spoke at a press conference after a week of intense global diplomacy at the annual gathering of world leaders at UN headquarters in New York where Ukraine and its Western allies sought to drum up support for Kyiv.

"It is completely not feasible," Lavrov said of a 10-point peace blueprint promoted by Kyiv.