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British Foreign Secretary’s ‘blunder’ puts pressure on Lavrov over Ukraine

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The Kremlin used British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras in a statement on Friday as an example of how inadequately informed Western leaders are about the East-West confrontation over Ukraine, according to Reuters.

“This is the reality in which we must defend our position,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov said in a statement. Thursday.

The Russian newspaper Kommersant quoted two diplomatic sources as saying that during their closed-door meeting on Thursday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asked Tras if he recognized Russian sovereignty in Rostov and Voronezh – two areas in southern Russia. has strengthened its forces.

Kommersant reported that Tras replied that Britain would never recognize them as Russian and needed to be corrected by its ambassador. In a later interview with another Russian newspaper, Trash said she mistakenly thought Lavrov was referring to Ukrainian provinces.

Britain’s response

Asked about the dominance of two Russian territories in closed-door talks, British Foreign Secretary Liz Tras said she had ‘misunderstood’ her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, dismissing the Kremlin’s claims that the mistake showed the West was wrong.

“This is complete nonsense and classic Russian propaganda,” the source said, responding to comments by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov.

Source: Capital

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