Lavrov also dismissed proposals from France and other countries to deploy European peacekeeping troops to Ukraine.

“This aims to further fuel the conflict and undermine all attempts to calm it down,” he said.

Earlier this week, United States President Donald Trump told reporters that Russian President Vladimir Putin would accept European troops in Ukraine to maintain peace.

Speaking alongside French President Emmanuel Macron, who was in Washington for talks, Trump claimed that Putin would agree to European peacekeeping forces as part of a potential ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

On Wednesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov opposed plans to place European peacekeeping forces in the area and freeze the front line in Ukraine at its current location.

Lavrov claims that Russia is against drawing a border between the two groups, with one region controlled by Ukraine and the other by Russia.

During a visit to Doha, Lavrov stated, “That will not happen,” according to NAN.

He clarified that although Russian soldiers do not have complete authority over the Ukrainian provinces of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, the Russian constitution states that these areas are part of Russia.