Russia Ukraine war, page-64663

"They should of agreed to the peace deal in April."

Oh, you mean this one?

According to Fiona Hill and Angela Stent writing in Foreign Affairs in September, U.S. officials they spoke with said Russia and Ukraine "appeared to have tentatively agreed on the outlines of a negotiated interim settlement", whereby the Russian forces would withdraw to the pre-invasion line and Ukraine would commit not to seek to join NATO in exchange security guarantees from a number of countries. However, in a July interview with Russian state media, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that this compromise was no longer an option, saying that even the Donbas was not enough and that the "geography had changed."^[43]

On 7 April, Russian Foreign MinisterSergey Lavrovsaid that the peace dealUkrainedrafted and presented to theRussian governmentcontained "unacceptable" elements.

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