Russia's Lavrov says West behaving dangerously over Ukraine

STORY: There was no discussion of a ceasefire and the talks had focused on humanitarian questions, Lavrov said.

He said the venue for diplomacy should be Belarus, an ally of Moscow where Russian and Ukrainian officials have already held several rounds of talks.

The talks in Belarus have so far yielded only limited progress on opening up humanitarian corridors.

Lavrov warned the West against supplying lethal weapons to Ukraine and "encouraging" foreign mercenaries to fight in the conflict.

Lavrov said Russian President Vladimir Putin would not refuse a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy but it would have to be substantive and focus on specifics.