Lavrov reacted to Zelensky's words about three letters and Russia

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meant by the three-letter word that Kiev was planning a second peace summit on the Ukrainian conflict. The Russian Foreign Minister said this on the air of the program "60 Minutes" on Rossiya-1 TV channel on December 25 .

"When he was asked a couple of weeks ago what Russia should do to resolve the crisis, he publicly stated that Russia should go to three letters <...> I think he outlined the name and meaning of this very summit in his first phrase," Lavrov said.

Lavrov added that Zelensky noted the need to summon Russia to the second peace summit to present Ukraine's demands to it.

Earlier, on 28 November, Russian permanent representative to the statutory and other bodies of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Andrey Grozov said that the new so-called peace summit, which Kiev and Western countries actively want to organize, will be aimed not at settling the conflict in Ukraine but at issuing new ultimatums to Russia.

On September 5, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that representatives of Russia should be present at the second peace conference on the settlement of the Ukrainian conflict because it is very difficult to end the crisis without it.

In mid-June, the first summit on Ukraine was held in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. The Russian Federation was not invited to participate in it. Several delegations said that Russia should participate in such events. At the same time, more than 10 countries refused to sign the final document of the meeting, including India.