'If you respect Ukraine's integrity so much, give Crimea back to us,' Ukraine's Maria Drutska said after Sergei Lavrov's comments at the UN General Assembly.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has appeared to back the territorial integrity of Ukraine agreed upon after the break-up of the Soviet Union when Crimea was internationally recognized as part of the country Moscow has invaded.
He said that the declaration"contained a lot of good things," which formed part of Ukraine's constitution, including protecting minority rights and the status of the Russian language. "One of the main points for us was that Ukraine would be a non-aligned country and would not enter into any military alliances, Lavrov said."Under those conditions, we support the territorial integrity of this state."
This reiterates one of the Kremlin's justifications for its invasion, namely the alignment of Kyiv towards
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