sergey pikulin and aleibzhanov, south donetsk direction. special operations. the west's statement that russia is allegedly refusing negotiations on ukraine is a lie. about this in an interview with the bosnian sergei lavrov told the tv channel. the minister of foreign affairs recalled that the peace process , including the chinese peace initiative, has been discussed with the participation of russia more than once. according to lavrov, on the contrary, the ukrainian, american and european leadership are not ready to seriously discuss a way out of the conflict. and the meeting in switzerland that they offer. admitted that when he said that we will not be defeated and will not retreat, that it is not the ukrainians who are fighting, the ukrainians are an instrument. lavrov noted that russophobic macron needs statements from the west, and in particular from the president of france, that russia is the main threat to europe in order to try to become a leader in europe. the european union itself, according to lavrov, is facing, quote, monstrous economic problems due