New act of propaganda or real threat?
Moscow will continue peace negotiations with kyiv, assured Monday the head of Russian diplomacy, Sergei Lavrov, while accusing Ukraine of "pretending" to discuss and warning against the "real" danger of a Third World War.
“Goodwill has its limits.
And if it is not reciprocated, it does not contribute to the negotiation process,” Lavrov was quoted as saying by Russian news agencies.
“But we continue to conduct negotiations with the team delegated by (Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky), and these contacts will continue,” he assured.
This very close to Putin accused the Ukrainian president - a former comedian elected to the presidency in 2019 - of "pretending" to negotiate.
“He's a good actor (…), if you look carefully and read carefully what he says, you will find a thousand contradictions there”, affirmed the head of Russian diplomacy.
A peace agreement “will depend on the fighting situation”
In this context of unprecedented tensions between Russia and the West due to the Russian offensive in Ukraine, he warned of the "real" danger of a third world war.
“The danger is serious, it is real, it cannot be underestimated,” said Mr. Lavrov, quoted by the Interfax agency.
As for the conflict in Ukraine, he said he was confident that “everything will of course end with the signing of an agreement”.
"But the terms of this deal will depend on the fighting situation on the ground, when this deal becomes a reality," Lavrov added.
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Earlier in the day, Russia had multiplied the accusations against kyiv.
The village of Jouravliovka “was the object of shooting (…).
It is already clear that there are injured civilians.
For the moment, there are two of them: a man injured in the hand and a woman who received a wound in the neck, ”first wrote Viatcheslav Gladkov, the governor of the Russian region of Belgorod, bordering Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly accused Ukrainian forces of carrying out strikes on Russian soil, including on two villages in the Belgorod region and a village in the Bryansk region in mid-April.
Previously, she blamed Ukraine for preventing civilians from leaving the Azovstal industrial site in Mariupol.
“The Kyiv authorities have again cynically undermined this humanitarian operation,” assured the Russian Ministry of Defense, accusing the Ukrainian regime of “open indifference” towards the fate of its citizens.
Ukraine defends itself against this, ensuring that the Russian army continues to put pressure on this area where nearly 2,000 people are entrenched.
