MOSCOW, May 25. /TASS/. The West opted to ignore Ukraine's terror act on a college in Starobelsk, in the Lugansk People’s Republic, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday.
"I do convey my sincere gratitude to all countries represented here, who have expressed their sincere condolences to us over the terrible terrorist attack on Starobelsk on May 21, perpetrated by the Nazi Kiev regime, a terrorist attack that the West ignored and turned a blind eye to, despite all measures to bring as much as possible journalists there," Lavrov said addressing a meeting dedicated to the celebration of Africa Day in Moscow.
"I believe that journalists representing the bulk of the world's countries have honestly fulfilled their duties, but that cannot be said about their colleagues from the West," Lavrov said.
"Some of them straight up refused to even go there, some were ‘on vacation’ and others were simply barred [from travelling to Starobelsk] upon orders from their governments. I give you the free press."
"Amid this backdrop, our Western counterparts continue demanding that Russia must be condemned and that the [existing] problem must resolved only based on the principles of the ‘territorial integrity’ of the current Ukrainian state led by the Nazi regime," Lavrov continued.
