Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of preventing the transition to a peaceful solution to the conflict in Ukraine. If the EU and the US want Ukraine to win the battlefield, “then we probably have nothing to discuss with the West,” Lavrov said on the Indonesian island of Bali. After his speech, he left the meeting of the group of 20 leading and emerging nations early.
Lavrov also accused the West of urging Ukraine to “use its weapons” in the fighting. The minister criticized the fact that the representatives of Western countries denounced Russia as an “aggressor” and “occupier” because of the situation in Ukraine without looking at the reasons. He came to Bali to get an impression “of how the West breathes,” said Lavrov.