By Bond Robertson 
“Western media mislead people about Russia’s goals,” Lavrov said in an interview with the Italian TV channel. media group According to Reuters.
He is said to have said the only thing the Russians want is to ensure the security of pro-Russian Ukrainians in the east of the country, Reuters writes.
In the rest of the interview, the crushed Russian Foreign Minister was not spared. Lavrov claimed, among other things, that the West was “stealing Russian money” through the sanctions they imposed on Russia.
He also threatened that Russia had developed so-called hypersonic weapons, in order to respond to a “possible attack from the West.”
Infrared weapons are weapons of various types that use sound to injure, neutralize or kill an opponent.
Ukraine accuses it of breaking its promise
According to Reuters, Lavrov also claimed that Russia has never thwarted attempts to reach an agreement that would avoid nuclear war.
– The Foreign Minister said that it was Ukraine that sabotaged the negotiations, and accused Ukraine of constantly changing its positions.
According to the Russian state news agency, tastLavrov, who also quoted parts of the same interview on Italian television, highlighted the first negotiations between the two countries in Istanbul in March.
It will show how far they can go
– At a meeting with negotiators in Istanbul, we outlined agreements based on what President Volodymyr Zelensky said publicly. He said Ukraine was ready to take a neutral stance in return for security guarantees. We were ready for further work with an agreement on this basis, and Lavrov is said to have made it clear, according to what was reported tast.
He claimed that Zelensky later changed his position, which meant that they could not proceed with the agreement.
Nazi rhetoric
Moreover, in the interview, Lavrov shed light on the Jewish background of President Volodymyr Zelensky, as he wrote to Reuters. Russia has repeatedly stated that Ukraine had a major Nazi problem and that the country should be “striped of the dialect”.
The head of state, Vladimir Putin, also used this as a justification for invading Ukraine.
– Lavrov noted that Hitler also had Jewish blood.
Moreover, the foreign minister was said to have said that Zelensky could speed up peace in Ukraine, if he stopped giving orders to his “Nazi forces”.
In the interview, Lavrov also addressed Italian politicians, saying that many of them have stepped into diplomatic norms.
The case is updated.