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Simon Coveney blasts back at Russian foreign Minister after Ireland analogy used to defend invasion

'Don’t bring Ireland into an argument'

Irish Mirror

Hemedti, Lavrov Agree on Activating Agreements Between Sudan, Russia

Sudan’s Foreign Ministry denied on Thursday statements attributed to deputy head of its sovereign council in which he expressed support to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize the independence of two Ukrainian regions. The remarks made by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, also known as Hemedti, a few hours before…

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Russia-Ukraine crisis: Russian minister makes bizarre Ireland argument in attempt to justify invasion

Sergei Lavrov implied that Britain would invade Ireland if the English language was banned by the Irish government in a press conference on Friday morning

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Russia Says Will Only Talk to Ukraine once Ukraine's Military Lays Down Arms

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would be ready to hold talks with Kyiv, but only once Ukraine's military had laid down its arms. He also said that Moscow did not want "neo-Nazis" to govern Ukraine, Reuters reported. Russia launched its invasion by land, air and…

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Russia says will only talk to Ukraine once Ukraine's military lays down arms

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Moscow would be ready to hold talks with Kyiv, but only once Ukraine's military had laid down its arms.

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov says Moscow wants Ukrainian people to be independent

Russia wants the Ukrainian people to be independent and have the possibility to freely define their destiny, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.

Reuters

UK politics live: Boris Johnson imposes sanctions against Putin and Lavrov – as it happened

Latest updates: PM also urges leaders to take ‘immediate action’ to ban Russia from Swift payment system; sending Nato forces to Ukraine would risk leading to ‘existential’ threat, says minister

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Russian foreign minister to hold talks with Donbass officials on Friday

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will hold talks with officials from the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk republics of eastern Ukraine on Friday on their plans to open embassies in Moscow, Russia's foreign ministry said.

Reuters

Russia-Ukraine crisis latest LIVE: UK to personally sanction Vladimir Putin and Sergei Lavrov as fighting reaches capital

Fresh action planned as battle for Kyiv begins with Russian forces ‘now in suburbs’

Evening Standard

Lavrov, Pedersen Discuss Syria

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has met in Moscow with the UN's special envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, who is getting ready for a new round of negotiations of a committee representing the Syrian government and the opposition over draft constitutional reforms. "We are all interested in the swiftest settlement…

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UAE, Russia Discuss Regional and World Developments

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan has discussed with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, friendly relations and the strategic partnership between the two countries, Emirates News Agency (WAM) reported Wednesday. In a phone call, the two officials also reviewed a number of…

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Russian minister dismisses western sanctions after Putin sends troops to eastern Ukraine: ‘We’re used to it’

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov brushes off prospect of ‘mother of all sanctions’ from the west

The Independent UK

U.S.' Blinken cancels meeting with Lavrov, says Russian moves are 'rejection of diplomacy'

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday he had canceled a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov planned for Thursday after Moscow's recognition of two separatist regions in Ukraine as independent entities.

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov questions Ukraine's right to sovereignty - Ifax

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Tuesday questioned whether Ukraine had a right to sovereignty because he said the government in Kyiv did not represent the country's constituent parts, the Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

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The Conversation

Ukraine: what’s really behind Putin’s deployment of 'peacekeeping' troops? Experts explain

Vladimir Putin’s recognition of the independence of the two breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk followed a surreal live broadcast of a security council meeting in the Kremlin. Sitting facing the 13-member council, Putin cajoled and argued as, one by one, his most senior officials – including Dmitry Medvedev, a…

Reuters

Russia's Lavrov brushes off Western sanctions over Donbass recognition

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov brushed off the threat of sanctions on Tuesday, saying the West would impose them regardless of events and describing the response to Russia's recognition of two breakaway Ukrainian regions as predictable.

Reuters

France invited Russia's Lavrov to Paris for talks on Ukraine- foreign ministry

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian invited his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for a meeting in Paris on Friday in order to discuss the crisis in Ukraine, France's foreign ministry said on Monday.

Reuters

French foreign minister to speak with Russia's Lavrov on Monday

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Twitter he would hold talks later on Monday with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, amid intensified diplomatic efforts to defuse the Ukraine crisis.

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France 24

As it happened: US to impose sanctions on breakaway Ukraine regions following Russian recognition

US President Joe Biden will soon move to prohibit US investment and trade with the self-declared republics of Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine, the White House said Monday, following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s announcement that he would recognise the separatist areas as independent nations. Read about the day's events…

Reuters

Russia's foreign ministry says Lavrov and France's Le Drian to speak on Monday - TASS

Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian will hold a phone call on Monday, the TASS news agency quoted the Russian foreign ministry as saying on Sunday.

France 24

As it happened: Macron pushes for diplomacy, US warns Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent

French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian leader Vladimir Putin on Sunday agreed to work for a ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, Macron's office said. The two leaders also agreed on "the need to favour a diplomatic solution to the ongoing crisis and to do everything to achieve one", the Élysée said,…

Reuters

Russia touts Finland or Geneva as hosts for Lavrov-Blinken meeting - Ifax

Russia's ambassador to Britain touted Finland or Geneva as potential hosts for a meeting between Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken next week, Interfax news agency reported.

Reuters

Russia says sharp increase in shelling in Donbass is alarming

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that weapons prohibited under the Minsk peace process were being used in what he called an alarming and sharp increase in shelling in eastern Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported.

The Guardian - US

Biden says diplomacy still possible; OSCE reports more attacks in east – as it happened

Russian state media say a blast has occurred in Donetsk amid multiple US warnings of false flag incidents

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine crisis: Blinken and Lavrov agree to meeting as tensions reach ‘moment of peril’

Senior figures to meet next week amid US warnings that Vladimir Putin could give order to invade within days

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