"We are used to doing things, you could say, in a noble way, you could say, like a guy, which is essentially the same thing," Lavrov said in an interview with RBC. According to him, with the intention of making a deal in this spirit, Vladimir Putin went to meet Trump in Anchorage a year ago. During the negotiations, the Russian side "fully" accepted the U.S. proposal to end the war in Ukraine. "We shook hands," Lavrov emphasized. However, after that, according to him, representatives of the EU and Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky "hung on Trump’s hands" and "buried" the agreements in Anchorage. As a result, the U.S. position changed, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio called for seeking "new approaches." At the same time, Lavrov acknowledged that Trump described the issue of transferring all of Donbas under Russian control, which Moscow insists on, as "difficult" after his talks with Putin. Earlier, Lavrov stated that it was the U.S. that did not fulfill the agreements regarding the end of the war. According to him, in Anchorage, Trump assured Putin that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky would do everything as he said. "Well, it didn’t work out," lamented the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry, adding: "A guy said — a guy did. We said — we are ready. But that approach has been modified on the other side." Putin and Trump held a meeting in Alaska on August 15, 2025. The agreements between the parties were not officially disclosed. At the same time, it was not about a ready document, but about a framework principle for ending the war. According to a Reuters source in Moscow, the presidents of Russia and the U.S. agreed on the "Anchorage formula," which implied the transfer of all of Donbas to Russia, as well as freezing the front line in other areas. Prior to this, Putin demanded that Kyiv withdraw Ukrainian troops from the "DPR," "LPR," Zaporizhia, and Kherson regions to cease hostilities. Zelensky rejected this ultimatum. Later, he stated that the Trump administration insisted — Ukraine must transfer the Donetsk region to Russia to end the war. However, according to Zelensky, Kyiv cannot agree to this, as such a step would undermine the country's defense capability, The Moscow Times reports.