Sergei Lavrov gave an interview to American CBS television. The full conversation is to be released at the station on Sunday, but the sender decided to publish its fragment in advance, in which the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia referred to the words Donald Trump that “he has an agreement with Russia”.
As Lavrov transferred, he agrees with the American president's claim that both Russia and the US are heading in the right direction when it comes to working out peace in Ukraine.
War in Ukraine. Lavrov praises Trump
– The president's statement mentions the contract and we are ready to conclude it, but still There are some specific points of the elements of this contract that should be refined – he informed, adding that he could not reveal the details he is about. He noted, however, that “he is busy with this particular process.”
In addition, he stated that conversations are successful “primarily because President Trump is probably the only leader on Earth who noticed the need to deal with the basic causes of the “Russian invasion.
As he pointed out, It's about “error”that the administration of Joe Biden was to commit, whom he accused of the desire to “pull Ukraine into NATO”.
Attack on Kyiv. Zełenski: This is a cover for land attacks
In the conversation of Lavrov was also asked about Thursday raid on Kyivwhich Trump commented as “unnecessary” and taking place in a bad time.
According to Kremlin propaganda, The head of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs argued that Russia was only offended by military goalswhich is why objects used by the Ukrainian army were attacked. In his opinion, Moscow has the right to such activities.
Prezydent Ukrainian Wołodymyr Zelanski Meanwhile, he informed that the Russian troops tried to use massive air attacks as cover for intensified land attackswhich, however, managed to repel.
“When our troops focused maximally on defense against rockets and drones, the Russians went to intensified ground attacks. They were represented” – he said, citing the report of the Supreme Commander of the Ukrainian forces, General Oleksander Syrski.
Earlier, the leader of Ukraine also confirmed that the hit on Kiev, in which 12 people were killed and 90 was injured, was carried out using the North Korean ballistic missile.