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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claims US hypocrisy, says Ukraine war 'was launched against us'

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said it was "double standards" for the US to question Russia's action in Ukraine. (AP: Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has provoked laughter after referring to the invasion of Ukraine as "the war which was launched against us" during a diplomatic forum in India.

Mr Lavrov had been speaking at the Raisina Dialogue conference, on the sideline of G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, and was responding to a question about Russia's strategy towards energy when he made the comments.

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