Sergey Lavrov speaks throughout a joint press conference with his South Africa’s equivalent Naledi Pandor (Picture: AP)
Russia’s leading diplomat has today blasted the West’s assistance for Ukraine, worrying the dispute can no longer be specified as a ‘hybrid war’.
As allies step up their military help to the Ukrainian Army, Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov cautioned the war was ‘almost a real one’.
‘When we speak about what is happening in Ukraine – it is a war, not a hybrid one, almost a real war, that the West has been plotting for a long time against Russia,’ he stated throughout a diplomatic check out to South Africa today.
‘The goal is to destroy everything Russian, from language to culture, that has been in Ukraine for centuries and to prohibit people from speaking their mother tongue.’
He likewise declared Russia wanted to work out with Ukraine in the early months of the war, however the United States and other Western countries recommended Kyiv versus this.
His remarks resembled those made in 2015 by president Vladimir Putin, however no proof has actually been used to support them.
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People supportingUkraine picket versus the diplomat inPretoria,SouthAfrica( Picture: AP)
Meanwhile, the United States and otherWestern countries have actually worriedRussia is not major about hammering out an offer to end the war.
Lavrov stated:’It is popular that we supported the proposition of theUkrainian side to work out early in the unique military operation and by the end ofMarch, the 2 delegations settled on the concept to settle this dispute.
‘It is well known and was published openly that our American, British, and some European colleagues told Ukraine that it is too early to deal, and the arrangement which was almost agreed was never revisited by the Kyiv regime.’
It comes asPoland has actually restated that it is prepared to send out tanks toUkraine withoutGermany’s approval.
Prime ministerMateuszMorawiecki stated his federal government would look for authorization to send itsGerman-
madeLeopard tanks without defining when the demand will be made.
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ButMorawiecki stated he demand is‘a secondary matter’ as
a group of EU nations take a look at how to assist.
‘Even if, eventually, we do not get this permission, we – within this small coalition – even if Germany is not in this coalition, we will hand over our tanks, together with the others, to Ukraine,’ he stated.
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