Sergey Lavrov dismisses Ukraine's allegation that Russia attacking its own cities

On 134th day of ravaging war between Moscow and Kyiv in Eastern Europe, Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergey Lavrov stated on Wednesday that allegations made by Ukraine about Russian troops attacking its own towns and cities are false. Lavrov said in a response to a TASS query during a news conference held after meetings with senior diplomat for Vietnam, Bui Thanh Son, “In a word, y are lying. Facts are well-kwn, our Defense Ministry presents facts on a daily basis".  

West needs to ackwledge its responsibility for killings of civilians in Donbass and Ukraine, Russian foreign minister said. Furr, Lavrov remarked, “Western countries certainly should recognize ir responsibility, regardless of what (Ukraine’s President Vladimir) Zelensky and his team say,” Tass reported. “Generally speaking, it is state terrorism," he added.  

Western nations "lie" on behalf of Ukrainian government: Lavrov

In addition to this, according to a TASS report on June 23, Sergey Lavrov said that Western nations "lie" on behalf of Ukrainian government. He asserted, "What surprises me more is t lies that we hear from Kyiv every hour of every day, but how Kyiv’s backers have started to play this game of lies". Russian Foreign Minister went on to say, “y (Western nations) are covering up for it whenever y feel like it. t just se days". On June 23, a portion of this minister's interview with Belarusian state television was released on foreign ministry's website, as per media reports.  

According to Russian Defence Ministry, Ukrainian Armed Forces used Tu-143 Reis unmanned aerial vehicles and Tochka-U missiles with cluster bombs to attack residential neighbourhoods in Russian cities of Belgorod and Kursk early on Sunday morning.  

Sergey Lavrov visited foreign minister of Vietnam

Meanwhile, in Hai, capital of Vietnam, Minister Sergey Lavrov met with Bui Thanh Son, foreign minister of Vietnam on Wednesday. Lavrov was scheduled to meet with Communist Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during his two-day visit to Vietnam. 

visit occurred ten years after Russia and Vietnam transformed ir ties into a comprehensive strategic alliance, as per Associated Press report. During Vietnam War against capitalist south and its American and or Western allied nations, Russia was a staunch supporter of communist government in Hai. 

Lavrov will go to Indonesia later this week to attend a garing of foreign ministers from Group of 20 major affluent and developing nations. 

(Im: AP)