Sergei Lavrov

Speaking to Russia's state-owned Interfax news agency, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Ukraine of reckless actions.

without citing evidence.

He said Moscow will now review its negotiating position and retaliate against Ukraine.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who met with President Trump in Florida on Sunday, called the accusation, quote, another lie from Russia.

In a voice memo to reporters, Zelensky said Russia does not want to end its war on Ukraine.

He said, I am sure they are preparing to launch strikes, probably on the Ukrainian capital and probably on government buildings.

Everyone, he said, must be on alert.

Joanna Kakisis, NPR News, Kyiv.

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia welcomed the initial version of a U.S.

peace plan for Ukraine.

One critic said it was heavily tilted in Russia's favor, but that Lavrov claimed mirrored consensus that came out of the Putin-Trump meeting in Alaska.

Lavrov said Moscow is still waiting to hear about a newly amended version of the U.S.

plan.

Now with input from Ukraine and European powers, Lavrov's comments came as Russian and American representatives are set to gather in the United Arab Emirates to discuss those very changes.

Meanwhile, fighting has continued alongside the diplomacy, with heavy Russian attacks overnight on the Ukrainian capital Kiev and Ukrainian drones striking border regions of Russia.

Charles Mainz, NPR News, Moscow.