“We did not invade Ukraine,” he said. “We started a special military operation because we had no other way to explain to the West that Ukraine’s involvement in NATO was a criminal act.”
The Russian Foreign Minister gave a revealing interview to the BBC. Sergei Lavrovpresenting -even in a cynical way- the Russian view of things in the war in Ukraine.
Speaking to the British network journalist, the Lavrov claimed that things are not as they seem.
“We did not invade Ukraine,” he said. “We started a special military operation because we had no other way to explain to the West that Ukraine’s involvement in NATO was a criminal act.”
He reiterated the Kremlin’s official line that there were Nazis in Ukraine and added that the Russian army was de-Naziizing the country.
Asked by reporters if the UN was talking about Russia’s war crimes in Ukraine, Sergei Lavrov said: “It’s a pity, but international diplomats, including the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the UN Secretary-General and other UN Secretary-General UN, are under pressure from the West. “And very often they are used to spread false news.”
Referring to his country, he said: “Russia is not very clean. Russia is what it is. And we are not ashamed to show who we are. “
Asked about Russia-UK relations, Lavrov said: “I do not think there is room for maneuver anymore, because both Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Liz Tras say openly that we must defeat Russia, we must force Russia to its knees. So go ahead and do it! “
The Russian foreign minister finally accused the BBC of not revealing the truth about what was happening to civilians in separatist-held areas of eastern Ukraine, “when civilians were being bombed by Kiev troops for eight years.”
