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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said what was happening in Ukraine was a war between the West and Russia. PHOTOS/TASS
MOSCOW – What’s going on in Ukraine no longer a hybrid war, but a real war between the West and Russia . This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov, Monday (23/1/2023).
“When we talk about what is happening in Ukraine, we are talking about the fact that this is no longer a hybrid war, but a real war,” Lavrov stressed, as quoted by the TASS news agency.
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“The West has long been preparing itself against Russia, trying to destroy everything Russian: from language to culture, which has existed in Ukraine for centuries, and forbidding people from speaking their native language,” Lavrov continued.
The remarks were made by Lavrov at a press conference after talks with South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor.
“In Ukraine, this is all common practice. Both the former president (Ukraine, Pyotr) Poroshenko and the current president (Vladimir) Zelensky, who were elected with the slogan of building peace, immediately after being elected turned into war presidents, Russophobe presidents,” Lavrov said.
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Russia’s top diplomat recalled that Ukraine had adopted laws banning education in Russia, Russian-language media, including such media in Ukraine, laws banning even the use of the Russian language in everyday life.
“Any cultural contact related to the Russian language is prohibited. And this is all supported by the West. Just as the West supports the regular marches of neo-Nazis with swastikas, with symbols of division which were banned by the Nuremberg Trials, which were recognized as criminal. The West supports all of this,” said Lavrov.
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