Moscow, Aug. 24 -- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky of playing games on the issue of holding bilateral talks President Vladmir Putin, claiming that it was pure theatrics on the part of Kyiv, which had no intention of coming to a settlement.

In an interview with NBC, the minister said, "When Mr. Zelensky says the immediate priority is a meeting with Putin, well, it's basically a game. A game he is very good (at playing) because he wants theatrics in everything he is doing. He does not care about substance."As such, Moscow sees no point in engaging in talks which more than likely are headed nowhere, added the FM, as per RT.

"Zelensky said no to everything. He clearly stated that nobod...