"Russian interests and 'new world order' dominate Ukraine peace talks"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said any Ukraine peace talks must focus on creating a “new world order” and take into account “Russian interests, Russian concerns”. Lavrov said negotiations should be based on the principles of the new world order and rejected a “unipolar world order led by ‘one hegemon'”. Meanwhile, Russia has threatened to bypass the United Nations-brokered grain deal unless obstacles to its agricultural exports were removed. The Black Sea grain deal is an attempt by the UN to ease a food crisis that predated the Russian invasion of Ukraine.