"There is no doubt that they [the EU] want to block the agreements. I have no doubt that they do not want a settlement that will put an end to their long-term attempts to make Ukraine a permanent irritant and threat to the Russia, but another consideration may be the desire to revive the European military machine, which is almost entirely dependent on the United States," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.
Russia is ready to seek compromises on the Ukrainian settlement, provided that its legitimate security interests are secured, Lavrov said.
"Russian President Vladimir Putin has said more than once that, in the end, a stable agreement is a compromise. We are ready to seek them out, provided that our legitimate security interests and the legitimate interests of the Russian people in Ukraine are secured in the same way as the legitimate interests of other participants in such an agreement," Lavrov said.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz persistently promotes idea in his speeches that Germany is reviving and has revised laws to increase spending on weapons, Lavrov said, adding that Europe is trying to draw the US into "games" to contain Russia, including providing air cover for deployment of troops to Ukraine.