Russia’s Foreign Minister criticized a Ukrainian peace plan at the United Nations over the weekend, saying the war would have to be resolved “on the battlefield” if more “realistic” terms could not be offered.
Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov called Ukraine’s 10-point peace plan “completely unviable” at a news conference after a speech to the General Assembly on Saturday, insisting that “it is not possible to implement it.”
“It’s not realistic and everyone understands it, but at the same time they say it’s the only basis for negotiations,” Lavrov said.
The plan was first proposed by President Volodymyr Zelensky in October 2022 and calls for the return of Ukrainian territory dating back to Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
Also included in the peace plan was a court for the prosecution of Russian war crimes, national food security by protecting the hotly contested Black Sea trade routes, and several other measures, including the safe return of a power plant. nuclear, along with an official. end of the war.
Without a modified agreement, Lavrov said Russia had no resolution option beyond continuing hostilities.
Lavrov had strong words for both Ukraine and the United States while speaking to reporters at the UN on SaturdayREUTERS
“If you insist on the battlefield, fine, let’s decide that on the battlefield,” he said.
Lavrov also criticized the United States and its Western allies, accusing them of actively waging war against Russia with Ukrainian forces.
The United States, he said, was “effectively engaged in hostilities with us, using the Ukrainians as fodder.”
“You can call this whatever you want, but they are directly at war with us,” he said. “We call this hybrid warfare. But that doesn’t change reality.”
As Russian drones continue to bomb Ukrainians, Lavrov made no mention of the fighting during a speech on Saturday.REUTERS
During his speech to the General Assembly that same day, delivered to a half-empty room, Lavros blamed the United States and its allies for starting and prolonging the war for their own interests.
“The United States and its subordinate Western collective continue to fuel conflicts that artificially divide humanity into hostile blocs and hinder the achievement of general objectives. “They are doing everything possible to prevent the formation of a truly multipolar world order,” he stated.
“They are trying to force the world to play by their own self-centered rules.”
Lavrov blamed the United States for starting the war in Ukraine while speaking on Saturday.
Beyond that, he said little about the current fighting in Ukraine.
Lavrov did not meet Zelensky when world leaders met at a UN week in which both the Ukrainian president and US President Joe Biden sharply rebuked Russia in separate speeches.
As Russia finds itself increasingly isolated on the world stage, the country’s officials continue to crack down on public dissent in the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky criticized Russia in a fiery speech at the UN. fake images
Outspoken Russian opposition activist Vladimir Kara-Murza Jr., 42, was transferred Thursday to a maximum-security prison in Siberia, where he was placed in a small “punishment cell,” his lawyer said.
The journalist was sentenced to 25 years in prison earlier this year after being jailed in 2022 for publicly condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine in a speech before the Arizona House of Representatives.
With mail cables.
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