Russia says ‘no meeting planned’ with Zelenskyy

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on Aug. 20, 2025. (Vyacheslav Prokofyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

MOSCOW -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday there was “no meeting planned” between the Russian and Ukrainian presidents, despite U.S. attempts to organize the summit.

“There is no meeting planned,” he said in an interview with U.S. broadcaster NBC News, adding that Russian President Vladimir Putin was “ready to meet with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy when the agenda would be ready for a summit.”