Russia-Ukraine war: no reason for Russia to change goals, says Lavrov – as it happened
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No reason for Russia to change goals, Lavrov says
Speaking in Skopje today, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Moscow saw no signs that Kyiv was ready to move towards a political resolution and that there was no reason for Russia to change the goals of its “special military operation”, Reuters reported.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov holds a press conference on the sidelines of a meeting of foreign ministers of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), in Skopje, North Macedonia, December 1, 2023. Photograph: Ognen Teofilovski/Reuters