In the case of Ukraine, everything Russian is being attacked, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said at an extraordinary meeting of the Russian Security Council, which is chaired by the President Vladimir Putin. Broadcasted by TV channel “Russia 24” and media platform “Looking”.
According to him, Russia cannot look indifferently at the abuse of compatriots in Ukraine.
“I see no other way but as recognition of the DNR and LNR. This will be a powerful signal to the entire Russian world,” Lavrov stressed. Two or three days will not change anything, he added.
The head of the Russian Foreign Ministry pointed out that the conflict in Donbass is the only one where one side refuses to talk to the other. And the West supports it. Lavrov regarded the proposal to give the West one last chance to change its mind as “a matter of taste,” but noted that the position of the Western partners, of course, would not change.
For his part, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said at a meeting of the Security Council: “We were left no choice. We must definitely recognize the DPR and LPR.”
talking about “pumping” Ukraine with Western weapons, Shoigu said that four or five flights with weapons a day arrived in this country, and sometimes there were eight. At the same time, he noted that Ukraine receives modern weapons from the West, they are not defensive. According to the Russian minister, there are already more Javelins in Ukraine than in some NATO countries.
The director of the FSB of the Russian Federation, Alexander Bortnikov, during a meeting of the Security Council, said that the DPR and LPR look at Russia as a protector, they must be protected, and this will be facilitated by the recognition of the independence of the self-proclaimed republics.
And the head of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, is convinced that the way the Americans “pump” Ukraine with weapons will “backfire” on Russia in the future.