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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
World
Graeme Murray & Will Stewart

Vladimir Putin's foreign minister 'left in dark' over bloody plans for Ukraine slaughter

Vladimir Putin ’s veteran foreign minister was left in the dark over the Kremlin leader’s decision to embark on a full-scale war against Ukraine, says the top diplomat’s own daughter.

Sergey Lavrov, 72, has appeared to be the hawkish frontman for Russia ’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine.

But it is claimed he was blindsided - and “shocked” - by Putin’s decision.

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