MOSCOW/ANKARA - Discussing security guarantees for Ukraine without Russian involvement is a "road to nowhere," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday.

"We cannot agree that now it is proposed to resolve questions of security, collective security, without the Russian Federation. This will not work," Lavrov told reporters in Moscow, stressing that the West, primarily the United States, understands that "seriously discussing Ukraine's security guarantees without Russia is a road to nowhere."

The minister noted that Russia is in favor of the security guarantees from Europe being "truly reliable".

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As to the prospect of a possible trilateral meeting on Ukraine, Lavrov said Russia is ready to conduct talks in any format, but any high-level meeting should be carefully prepared so that it would not worsen the current situation.

US President Donald Trump hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders at the White House on Monday, with focuses on security guarantees for Ukraine and a possible trilateral meeting between Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Later Zelensky said that security guarantees for Kyiv could be finalized within the next 10 days and would "probably be 'unpacked' by our partners".

Erdogan-Putin phone call

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Russian President Vladimir Putin held a phone call to discuss the outcomes of Putin's recent Alaska summit with Trump, as well as bilateral relations, the Turkish presidency said on Wednesday.

During the conversation, Erdogan underlined that Türkiye has been closely following developments in the Russia-Ukraine peace process and has sincerely sought a fair resolution to the conflict since the start of the war, said a statement from the Turkish presidency.

Ankara supports efforts to establish lasting peace with the participation of all parties in this regard, Erdogan told his counterpart, according to the presidency.

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Putin, for his part, shared his assessment of the summit between Russia and the United States in Anchorage, according to a statement by the Kremlin.

The two leaders also discussed the latest developments in and around Ukraine, with Putin expressing Russia's appreciation for Türkiye's efforts to facilitate talks between Russian and Ukrainian representatives in Istanbul, the Kremlin said.

The conversation also covered several issues on the bilateral agenda, including the further expansion of trade and investment ties, it said, adding that the two leaders agreed to maintain personal contacts.

Russian strikes

Russian forces launched strikes on berthing facilities used for fuel deliveries for the Ukrainian troops, the Russian Defense Ministry said Wednesday.

The strikes also targeted a drone assembly workshop and temporary deployment points of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 148 areas, the ministry said in a statement.

Russian forces have captured two settlements in the Donetsk region and one in the Dnipropetrovsk region, it added.

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Zelensky said earlier in the day that Russia raided a gas distribution station in the Odesa region overnight.

He added that 14 people were injured in the Sumy region due to Russian drone strikes, while five apartments were hit in the Donetsk region, trapping at least three, with rescue operations still underway.

According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russian forces launched 93 combat and decoy drones, along with two Iskander-M ballistic missiles, overnight on Tuesday.