According to CoinMeta, as reported by Russian media on the 15th, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov recently stated that any EU solution to the Ukraine issue that does not take into account Russian interests "will absolutely not work." In response to European Commission President von der Leyen's statement that "negotiations on the Ukraine issue must be based on a ceasefire," Lavrov said that Russia will not agree to any solution that ignores Russian interests. The EU wants to participate in the Ukraine negotiations at the last moment, but "their remarks still show that they are not clear about what role they can play in the negotiations." Lavrov emphasized that Russia insists on achieving the goals of the special military operation as a prerequisite for the Ukraine negotiations, "and this has never changed."