Lavrov: Ukraine Could Have Kept 1991 Borders
Lavrov stated at the UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine that Ukraine could have remained within its 1991 borders had Europeans not been engaged in cheating.
Consensus
- Sergei Lavrov made a statement at a UN Security Council meeting on Ukraine.
- Lavrov claimed that Ukraine could have preserved its 1991 borders.
- Lavrov attributed the failure to maintain those borders to European countries not enforcing the February 2014 agreement.
- Lavrov stated that the Minsk agreements were not implemented.
- Lavrov mentioned the 2019 Normandy Four summit in Paris where the need to implement Minsk agreements was reaffirmed.
- Lavrov said the special status for parts of Donbass included the right to use Russian language and local self-government.
- Lavrov noted that the issue of Crimea is closed.
Points of divergence
- Lavrov said that Ukraine's then-president Petro Poroshenko, listed by Rosfinmonitoring as involved in extremist activity or terrorism, refused to implement the agreements. — vesti
- Lavrov said European countries could not suppress their 'eternal instinct to lie' and used criminal methods to achieve their goals. — tg_tass_agency
Coverage (2 sources)
- Lavrov revealed how Ukraine could have preserved 1991 borders — Вести
- Ukraine could have remained within 1991 borders if Europeans had not been engaged in cheating, Lavrov stated... — ТАСС (Telegram)
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