Lavrov might be referring to an interview that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave to German news magazine Der Spiegel in February 2023, in which he said: "But as far as Minsk as a whole is concerned, I told Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel: we can't implement it like this."
While the 13 points of the second agreement were never fully implemented, nothing suggests that Ukraine or Western countries had no intention of doing so. The 2015 Minsk agreement between Russia and Ukraine was negotiated with the help of Germany and France Image: Tatyana Zenkovich/dpa/picture alliance The first attempt, Minsk I, had failed the year before. Lavrov is referring to the "Minsk II" agreement between Ukraine and Russia, that was signed in February 2015 to stop the armed conflict in the eastern regions of Ukraine. Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera is revered by many Ukrainian right-wing groups today Image: Anna Marchenko/Tass/IMAGO Did Ukraine and the West not intend to keep the Minsk agreements?Ĭlaim: " Minsk agreements were trampled upon by Kyiv and its Western handlers, who themselves recently, cynically, and even with pride, recognized that they never intended to implement this. They simply wanted to gain time to funnel weapons into Ukraine against Russia."
Not only though is there no evidence of the government supporting such marches - a 2015 Ukrainian law also prohibits the display of both 'Communist and Nazi propaganda'. On some occasions, participants did carry symbols that the Nazis also used - for example the "Wolfsangel", a pagan symbol used by the SS and today forms part of the badge of the Ukrainian Azov-Battalion. It is however not viewed as a fascist symbol in Ukraine. While Lavrov gives no specific date here, there have indeed been reports about right-wing nationalist marches in past years. There is no evidence the government in Kyiv organized "torch bearing marches." Openly, they organized in the center of Kyiv and other cities exuberant torch bearing marches with SS division banners upheld.” Moscow has been trying to justify its invasion of Ukraine by accusing NATO of threatening Russia Image: Russian Defence Ministry Press Office/TASS/dpa/picture alliance Did the Ukrainian government organize Nazi marches?Ĭlaim: " the Kyiv regime, through legislation in day-to-day life, introduced Nazi practice and theory without any concealment. While experts agree that far-right groups were involved in the movement, they only played a small role.Īfter Yanukovych fled from Ukraine because of the uprising, his successor Petro Poroshenko was elected in 2014. The largely peaceful, pro-European protests erupted over then-president Victor Yanukovych withdrawing from a planned association agreement with the European Union.
Lavrov further alludes to the allegation that Ukraine's so-called "Euromaidan" protests in 2014 were a violent coup d'etat. Russian propaganda misrepresents the Euromaidan protests as a violent coup Image: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Current Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is a Russian-speaking Jew who won office in 2019 in an election that independent observers found to be fair. First, he calls the Ukrainian government a "Nazi regime" - a claim that has been debunked countless times. Here, Lavrov is repeating several talking points of Russian propaganda relating to the war in Ukraine. Was there a coup in Ukraine in 2014?Ĭlaim: "The Nazi Kyiv regime can in no way be regarded as representing the residents of the territory who refused to accept the results of the brutal coup in February 2014." He also denied the Ukrainian government's legitimacy and accused it of pursuing a policy of destruction against Russia. With Russia currently holding the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov convened a meeting of the body on Monday to discuss "effective multilateralism through the defence of the principles of the Charter of the United Nations."ĭespite Russia's ongoing war of agression against Ukraine, Lavrov repeated claims of NATO threatening Russia and the US undermining multilateralism on the global stage.
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