🎙Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in an interview with the NTV channel during SPIEF.
June 16, 2022
◻️“In order to achieve this strategic goal, the West, firstly, is ready to hurt its own citizens for the sake of geopolitical ambitions, and secondly, he forces everyone else to act on the same principle, resorting to direct blackmail, ultimatums and all sorts of base steps and methods"
🎙 Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's interview with TASS agency
June 16. 2022
💬We are defending Donbass. We had to recognize the independence of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic. We will defend their independence within the territory where they held a corresponding referendum in 2014.
💬 I am convinced that the operation is developing at the pace that is necessary to save people's lives as much as possible, to minimize any risks for civilians living in these territories.