Lavrov denies Ukrainian government legitimacy
Created: 02/25/2022, 12:18 p.m
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denied the legitimacy of the Ukrainian democratically elected government.
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Russia's foreign minister has denied the legitimacy of the Ukrainian government.
"No one will occupy Ukraine," he said.
Russia's goal is only "demilitarization and denazification".
Moscow - After invading Ukraine, Russia denied the democratic legitimacy of the elected government there.
"We see no possibility of recognizing as democratic a government that oppresses its own people and uses genocidal methods," Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in Moscow, according to the Interfax agency.
"No one will occupy Ukraine," Lavrov claimed.
“The purpose of the operation was openly stated: demilitarization and denazification.” The Kremlin has claimed for years that in 2014 foreign-controlled “fascists” staged a coup in Kiev.
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Lavrov assured: "We are interested in the Ukrainian people being independent, having a government that represents all their diversity." After the restoration of the "democratic order" the situation will allow negotiations again.
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