The “liberation” of the Ukrainian region of Donbass is unconditional priority for Moscow, while other Ukrainian territories must decide their own future.
This was stated by the Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with French television The EF 1 at a time when Russia is continuing its offensive against key cities in Donbass, the industrial heart of Ukraine, consisting of Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
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He reiterated Moscow’s claims that
its “special military operation” in Ukraine aims to demilitarize its neighbor after NATO’s waves of eastward expansion and purge it of what it sees as “Nazism-inspired” nationalism. Kyiv and Western countries see these allegations as an unfounded pretext for seizing Ukrainian land.
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“The liberation of Donetsk and Luhansk regions,
recognized by the Russian Federation as an independent state is an unconditional priority, “Lavrov said.
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For the remaining territories in Ukraine, he said: “I do not believe they will be happy to return to a neo-Nazi regime, who has proven to be Russophobic in nature. These people have to decide for themselves. “
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