Russia now seeking regime change in Ukraine, Lavrov says as Moscow expands war goals
- Russia’s foreign minister says Moscow wants change of political leadership in Kyiv
- Moscow is publicly stating its expanded war goals in the five-month-old conflict
South China Morning Post
Moscow is seeking to overthrow the Ukrainian government, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, going back on earlier statements that the leadership question was up to the Ukrainian people.
“We will definitely help the Ukrainian people to free themselves from the regime that is absolutely anti-people and anti-history,” Lavrov said on Sunday, five months to the day since the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Russian and Ukrainian people will live together in the future, he said in Cairo at the start of a diplomatic trip to Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, to shore up support for Russia’s war.
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