Russia’s Foreign Minister said on Sunday there were no plans for a meeting between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump’s peace efforts.

Lavrov of Russia told NBC News that there was no meeting planned between President Vladimir V. Putin and President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, a blow to President Trump’s efforts to broker peace. Mr.

Doing so would require the Russian leader to “accept the failure of sitting down with a president he considers a joke from a country that doesn’t exist”