{"id":7409,"date":"2023-05-30T17:40:35","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:40:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=7409"},"modified":"2023-05-30T17:51:23","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T16:51:23","slug":"russian-foreign-minister-blames-west-is-supporting-genocide-in-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/analysis\/defense\/russian-foreign-minister-blames-west-is-supporting-genocide-in-ukraine\/2023\/05\/30\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Foreign minister blames West is “supporting genocide” in Ukraine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Russian<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Sergey<\/span> Lavrov<\/span> said<\/span>\u00a0that<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> will<\/span> “support gencide<\/span>“<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> and<\/span> Crimea<\/span> by<\/span> supporting<\/span> the<\/span> peace<\/span> plan<\/span> of<\/span> President<\/span> Volodymyr<\/span> Zelensky.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>Lavrov<\/span> did<\/span> not<\/span> present<\/span> any<\/span> evidence<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> his<\/span> claims<\/span> during<\/span> his<\/span> visit<\/span> to<\/span> Africa.<\/span> Russia<\/span> has<\/span> long<\/span> accused<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> of<\/span> ignoring<\/span> Ukraine’s<\/span> allegations<\/span> of<\/span> persecution<\/span> of<\/span> Russian-speaking<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> eastern<\/span> Donbass<\/span> and<\/span> elsewhere.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> conclusion<\/span> is<\/span> very<\/span> simple:<\/span> Western<\/span> countries<\/span> directly<\/span> support<\/span> genocide,”<\/span> Lavrov<\/span> said<\/span> at<\/span> a<\/span> press<\/span> conference<\/span> with<\/span> Burundi.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mr.<\/span> Zelensky’s<\/span> peace<\/span> plan<\/span> envisages<\/span> withdrawing<\/span> Russian<\/span> troops<\/span> from<\/span> all<\/span> of<\/span> Ukraine,<\/span> including<\/span> Crimea,<\/span> which<\/span> Russia<\/span> forcibly<\/span> annexed<\/span> in<\/span> 2014.<\/span> On<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> Russia<\/span> accused<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> of<\/span> launching<\/span> the<\/span> largest<\/span> drone<\/span> attack<\/span> in<\/span> history<\/span> against<\/span> Moscow,<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Minister<\/span> Lavrov<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> West<\/span> would<\/span> not<\/span> allow<\/span> such<\/span> a<\/span> “terrorist”<\/span> attack<\/span> by<\/span> supplying<\/span> Kiev<\/span> with<\/span> arms<\/span> and<\/span> military<\/span> equipment.<\/span> He<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> directly<\/span> helping<\/span> Kiev.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“The<\/span> Western<\/span> statement<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> weapons<\/span> it<\/span> supplies<\/span> (to<\/span> Ukraine)<\/span> cannot<\/span> be<\/span> used<\/span> against<\/span> the<\/span> territory<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Russian<\/span> Federation<\/span> is<\/span> simply<\/span> a<\/span> lie,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Lavrov<\/span> also<\/span> criticized<\/span> US<\/span> Senator<\/span> Lindsay<\/span> Graham’s<\/span> remarks,<\/span> which<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> perceived<\/span> as<\/span> encouraging<\/span> the<\/span> killing<\/span> of<\/span> Russians.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>An<\/span> edited<\/span> video<\/span> released<\/span> by<\/span> Mr<\/span> Zelensky’s<\/span> office<\/span> last<\/span> Friday<\/span> shows<\/span> Mr<\/span> Graham<\/span> saying<\/span> “Russians<\/span> are<\/span> dying”<\/span> during<\/span> a<\/span> meeting<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainian<\/span> president<\/span> in<\/span> Kiev,<\/span> and<\/span> that<\/span> US<\/span> aid<\/span> was<\/span> “not<\/span> what<\/span> we’ve<\/span> ever<\/span> done”.<\/span> It<\/span> is<\/span> shown<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> said<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> the<\/span> best<\/span> money<\/span> spent.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>After<\/span> Russia<\/span> criticized<\/span> the<\/span> remarks,<\/span> Ukraine<\/span> released<\/span> a<\/span> full<\/span> video<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> meeting<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday,<\/span> showing<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> two<\/span> remarks<\/span> were<\/span> not<\/span> directly<\/span> related.<\/span> Mr<\/span> Graham<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> only<\/span> applauding<\/span> the<\/span> spirit<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Ukrainians<\/span> who<\/span> resisted<\/span> Russian<\/span> aggression<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> help<\/span> of<\/span> Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said\u00a0that the West will “support gencide“ in eastern Ukraine and Crimea by supporting the peace plan of President Volodymyr Zelensky.\u00a0 Lavrov did not present any evidence to support his claims during his visit to Africa. Russia has long accused the West of ignoring Ukraine’s allegations of persecution […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[26,276,2480,2482],"tags":[1944,5649,1951,5650,1959,5651,2591,5652,3161,5653,4391,5654,4439,5640,5641,5642,5643,5644,5645,1315,5646,1419,5647,1943,5648],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/download-2-3.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7447,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7409\/revisions\/7447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}