Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the West of “unprecedented Russophobia” and “grotesque” at the UN on Saturday.
“Official Russophobia in the West is unprecedented, its dimension is grotesque,” Lavrov declared, speaking at the 77th session of the UN General Assembly, accusing the United States of considering itself “almost like an envoy of God on Earth.”
“They do not hesitate to declare their intention not only to inflict a military defeat on our country, but also to destroy Russia,” he said, defending the ongoing annexation “referendums” in various regions of Ukraine and directly attacking the United States.
“By declaring victory in the cold war, Washington considers itself almost God’s envoy to Earth, without any duties, but with the sacred right to act with impunity anywhere and at any time,” Lavrov declared.
The head of Moscow diplomacy defended the annexation “referendums” taking place in four Ukrainian regions under total or partial control of the forces, considering that the populations recover “the land where their ancestors lived for hundreds of years”.
Ukraine and the international community do not recognize the legitimacy of the consultations.
In 2014, Russia used an identical referendum to legitimize the annexation of Crimea, after having invaded and occupied this Ukrainian peninsula located on the northern coast of the Black Sea.
At the same time, a separatist war broke out in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions with the support of Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized the self-proclaimed people’s republics of Donetsk and Lugansk days before ordering the invasion of Ukraine on February 24 this year.
Source: TSF
