Russia warns it may reject US-Ukraine peace plan if it fails to uphold Alaska summit 'understandings'

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Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov suggested Moscow could cull the White House’s latest Ukraine bid woody model if it doesn’t uphold the "spirit and letter" of the understandings reached astatine the August Alaska acme betwixt President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.

Lavrov said astatine a property league Tuesday that Russia is awaiting the updated mentation of the Trump administration’s latest bid program aimed astatine ending the astir four-year war.

He warned that if the presumption of the "key understandings" are "extinguished" past the concern would go "fundamentally different."

Russia has maintained its maximalist demands successful negotiations, insisting that Ukraine beryllium barred from joining NATO and required to springiness up the remainder of the Donbas arsenic portion of immoderate bid deal.

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is seen successful  Moscow.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov delivers his code arsenic helium meets with heads of diplomatic missions accredited successful Russia successful Moscow, Russia, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Alexander Zemlianichenko, Pool/AP Photo)

John Hardie, the lawman manager of the Foundation for Defense of Democracies Russia Program, told Fox News Digital that Moscow's intransigence implicit the past 10 months has been the main obstacle to Trump’s diplomatic efforts.

"The United States has truly changeable itself successful the ft by benignant of flip-flopping betwixt strategies. One period you're trying to unit the Russians and saying they're the obstacle successful peace. The adjacent infinitesimal you're trying to, you know, unit their presumption connected Kyiv," said Hardie. "What we truly request is sustained subject enactment for Ukraine, and economical unit connected Russia, and Putin has to recognize that neither the Ukrainian subject nor Western, particularly U.S. resolve, are going to falter."

Ukraine drone onslaught  successful  Kyiv.

Emergency services unit enactment to extinguish a occurrence aft a Russian onslaught successful Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025. (Efrem Lukatsky/AP Photo)

Former CIA presumption main Dan Hoffman told "The Brian Kilmeade Show" Tuesday that helium remains skeptical astir an extremity to the war, arguing the United States lacks the leverage to compel Moscow to halt its invasion.

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"Vladimir Putin, his strategical nonsubjective has ever been to overthrow the democratically elected authorities of Ukraine. He’ll prosecute successful negotiations, but helium does it to guarantee that he’s asserting the primacy of Russia successful his self-designated sphere of influence," said Hoffman. "I conscionable don’t spot immoderate grounds that Russia is going to intermission successful their relentless attacks connected Ukraine."

Ukrainian soldiers successful  Ukraine.

Ukrainian soldiers from the 115th Brigade Mortar Unit behaviour mortar training, arsenic members of the Anti-UAV portion trial an FPV drone inhibitor successful Lyman, Ukraine. (Jose Colon/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Ukraine agreed Tuesday to a bid woody to extremity the warfare with Russia, but immoderate details inactive request to beryllium finalized, a U.S. authoritative told Fox News.

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U.S. Army Secretary Dan Driscoll met with Russian officials successful Abu Dhabi connected Monday and Tuesday to sermon the model for a Ukraine bid deal. The U.S. authoritative said a Ukrainian delegation was besides successful Abu Dhabi and successful interaction with Driscoll and his team.

Fox News' Jennifer Griffin contributed to this report

Ashley Carnahan is simply a writer astatine Fox News Digital.

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