Lavrov claimed that the Ukrainian forces have completely failed on the battlefield and are unable to defeat or weaken Russia.
He said that Russia is always ready for peace negotiations, but that the peace plans presented by Ukraine and their Western “masters” only serve to cover up a continuation of the war.
– All these formulas are a dead end, and the sooner Washington, London, Brussels and Paris understand it, the better it is for Ukraine and the West, he said.
US representative Robert Wood called Lavrov’s claims blatant disinformation. He stated that it was Russia that started the war with the invasion of Ukraine, and that it is President Vladimir Putin’s “single-minded attempt to wipe out Ukraine and subjugate its people that is prolonging the war.”
– Russia’s imperialist ambitions are obvious, and for Russia the only solution is Ukraine’s complete capitulation, he said and maintained that the war would end tomorrow if Russia withdrew its forces from Ukraine.
It was Russia that convened the meeting to criticize Western military support for Ukraine. Just before the meeting, Ukraine’s UN ambassador Sergy Kyslytsyja, backed by 40 other countries, read a statement accusing Russia of hypocrisy by criticizing legal arms transfers to a country to defend itself.
2024-01-22 23:27:19
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