“Brain-dead peace formula from a provincial clown”: Medvedev wants Ukraine’s surrender. Medvede's demands could be also be described as an "imultimatum" Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Zelensky's peace plans an "impossible dream" The Kremlin viewed its “special operation’ against Ukraine as an act of self-defense against an alleged Ukrainian Nazi – a motif that is also reflected in Medvedeva's plan.