Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has described remarks made by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio about plans to attack Kyiv as a "brazen provocation" and as proof of Russia's intention to continue the war.
Source: Sybiha speaking to journalists on the sidelines of the Ukraine-Africa: Past, Present and Future of Relations forum on 26 May, as quoted by Interfax-Ukraine
Quote: "I view this as a brazen provocation. It is yet another public confirmation of Russia's interest in continuing the war. Lavrov allows himself to publicly disclose the course of the conversation, in which he confirms that he is threatening Kyiv with attacks. For me, it is very difficult to comprehend how something like this can even be allowed.
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We very much hope that after receiving such signals, our partners, instead of simply accepting this information and issuing recommendations to their citizens and heads of diplomatic missions to leave Kyiv, will send a firm and harsh signal to Moscow not to carry out such strikes."
