Overview

• Sergey Lavrov told the UN General Assembly that Russia has no intention of attacking EU or NATO members but that any aggression against Russia would draw a decisive response.
• Russia signaled conditional openness to negotiations on Ukraine, saying any settlement must address Moscow’s security demands and restore the rights of Russian-speaking populations.
• NATO states recently reported drones over Poland and a Russian fighter-jet incursion into Estonia; Moscow denied responsibility and Belarus suggested Ukrainian signal-jamming misdirected the devices.
• Lavrov noted "some hopes" for continued U.S.–Russia dialogue after an August summit and talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, even as tensions with NATO stay high.
• On the same day as the speech, Russia claimed its forces captured three villages in eastern Ukraine: Derylove and Maiske in Donetsk and Stepove in Dnipropetrovsk.