A senior Russian official said talks about Ukraine’s security without Russia are a “road to nowhere,” raising a red flag on conversations happening among NATO allies on supporting Ukraine.

“We cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve collective security issues without the Russian Federation. This will not work,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday during a press conference in Moscow.

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