Russian foreign minister falsely claims that it didn't invade Ukraine

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Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D
@RVAwonk
This is some next-level gaslighting: Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov falsely claimed today that Russia “did not attack" Ukraine.
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Russian foreign minister falsely claims that it didn’t invade Ukraine
Two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov falsely claimed Thursday that the country “did not attack" its neighbor.
2:25 PM · Mar 10, 2022

https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-10-22/h_ffb15927857812d909a0d6f4c9644f6e

Two weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov falsely claimed Thursday that the country “did not attack" its neighbor.

He also said there are no plans for Russia to attack other countries and reiterated that a “situation in Ukraine” posed a “direct threat to the Russian Federation”

Lavrov, who met with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Thursday, said the West is behaving dangerously. That includes the European Union, who “have violated their principles and values” while delivering weapons to Ukraine, according to Lavrov.

The meeting between Kuleba and Lavrov ended without an agreement reached on evacuation corridors or a ceasefire in Ukraine.

Some context: Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine began in the early hours of February 24 and its attacks have continued unabated since then. Russia has, repeatedly and without any basis, asserted that it was not the aggressor in the conflict, which it launched after amassing up to 150,000 troops on the border with Ukraine in what it claimed were military exercises but were in fact preparations for war.

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[SCantiGOP]

1. They didn't attack....

.....is also what I would say if Putin were holding a loaded gun to my head.

[Emrys]

2. If Lavrov auditioned for a movie part as a Cold War monster,

he'd get rejected because he's too much of a stale, hackneyed stereotype.

[maxsolomon]

3. They're defending ethnic Russian Ukrainians

by sending 200K troops, tanks, and missiles over the border, laying siege to the cities those ethnic Russians live in, and killing them indiscriminately.

Always be gaslighting.

[roamer65]

4. I fucking HATE Lavrov.

I’d like to use his head as a punching bag.

I’ve hated him for YEARS.

He’s a smug orc.

[BeerBarrelPolka]

5. It

It would be hard to miss.