“This process continues consistently and permanently,” said Lavrov, describing the appetite of Russia’s totalitarian regime.
The minister also emphasized that the Kremlin’s goals are still the “denazification and demilitarization of Ukraine”, but since the talks between Russia and Ukraine in March in Istanbul, the “geography” has changed.
He claimed that Western arms supplies to the Ukrainian army forced Moscow to change its plans.
If the West continues to supply Ukraine with weapons, Russia’s “geographic goals will move even further than the current line”, Lavrov threatened.
“We cannot allow the part of Ukraine under the control of [prezidents Volodimirs] Zelensky or anyone who will take his place are weapons that pose a direct threat to our territory and the territory of the republics that have declared their independence,” added an aide of dictator Vladimir Putin, pointing to the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, which are formally controlled by Moscow-backed militias. gangs.
After the failure of the first phase of Russia’s re-invasion – an attempt to capture northeastern Ukraine and Kyiv – Moscow announced at the end of March that its main goal was to “liberate” the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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