After ceasefire talks fail, Lavrov tells the world Russia did not attack Ukraine

[BeyondGeography]

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LVIV, Ukraine — The top diplomats from Ukraine and Russia failed to reach an agreement on Thursday to calm the fighting in Ukraine or even to ease the worsening humanitarian crisis, dashing hopes for a swift end to a two-week-old conflict that has killed hundreds and displaced millions.

Speaking to reporters after the meeting in the Turkish resort of Antalya, Dmytro Kuleba, Ukraine’s foreign minister, said that “we did not make progress” in reaching a cease-fire, but “agreed to continue efforts to seek a solution to the humanitarian issues on the ground.”

…But remarks by Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, indicated that Moscow’s position on the invasion it launched 14 days ago was far from softening.

“We are not planning to attack other countries,” he told a Turkish reporter. “We didn’t attack Ukraine, either.” He was repeating Russian claims that the country was forced to conduct a “special military operation” in Ukraine to assure its own security.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/09/world/ukraine-russia-war

[anamnua]

1. Eurasia was always at war with Eastasia NT

[uponit7771]

2. People, the *SAME EXACT* thing is happening here in the US with FAUX News

[madaboutharry]

3. Remember that scene when Lavrov was preening in The White House with Trump?

That was the same day Trump gave the Russians high level Israeli Intel.

There is a photo somewhere.

I'll say what my mom said to me yesterday. "This is a 21st century Pogrom."

[Walleye]

4. I think it was the day after he fired Comey, and Lavrov insulted and berated our journalists

As I recall Trump thought it was real funny