Russia said Wednesday that discussions around potential Western security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a broader peace deal to end the war are a "road to nowhere" unless Moscow is involved in the talks.

"We cannot agree with the fact that it is now proposed to resolve collective security issues without the Russian Federation. This will not work," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference in Moscow after meeting with Jordan's top diplomat.

"We have already explained more than once that Russia does not overstate its interests, but we will ensure our legitimate interests firmly and harshly,” Lavrov said.

“And I am sure that in the West and above all in the United States they understand perfectly well that seriously discussing security issues without the Russian Federation is an utopia, a road to nowhere.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is in charge of a new joint commission, made up of the U.S., European and Ukrainian officials, that will craft a security guarantees draft for Ukraine.

Russia has wanted the leading European nations to directly negotiate with Moscow over Ukraine’s security matters, and Russia has long rejected the prospect of NATO forces being deployed as part of a potential peace deal. 

President Trump on Tuesday floated the idea of the U.S. providing air support as part of security guarantees for Ukraine, as he continues his quest to help end the three-and-a-half-year war in Eastern Europe. The White House said Tuesday that the president has “definitively” ruled out putting U.S. boots on the ground in Ukraine.

On Monday, seven European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Trump at the White House, where security guarantees and next steps toward achieving a truce were discussed. Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday over the phone, days after meeting him in person in Alaska at a high-stakes summit. 

Lavrov said on Wednesday that Russia is “in favor” of the UK, France and Germany’s efforts to help develop security guarantees for Ukraine and for them to be “truly reliable.” 

“We have a very good example, which, by the way, refers to the initiative of the Ukrainian side itself, as it was in Istanbul in April 2022, when the Ukrainian negotiating team proposed the basic principles of an agreement on ending hostilities and ensuring a sustainable settlement,” Russia’s foreign minister said, referring to the 2022 draft where Kyiv would have gotten security guarantees from several nations, including five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: China, France, Russia, the UK, and the U.S. 

After meeting with Putin near Anchorage, Alaska, Trump has pushed for a meeting between Putin and Zelensky first, and then a trilateral summit with all three leaders. 

Ukraine has been in favor of the huddle. So far, Russia has not committed to such a meeting, with Lavrov on Tuesday saying the summit should be prepared “step by step, gradually, starting from the expert level and then going through all the necessary stages.”

Trump said on Tuesday that it would be “better” if Putin and Zelensky met without him first. 

"I want to see what goes on. You know, they had a hard relationship, very bad, very bad relationship,” Trump said on “The Mark Levin Show.”

“And now we’ll see how they do and, if necessary, and it probably would be, but if necessary, I’ll go and I’ll probably be able to get it close,” the president added.