The Kremlin on Friday cited a geographical gaffe by British Overseas Secretary Liz Truss for instance of how poorly knowledgeable Western leaders had been about the subject material within the East-West standoff over Ukraine.
“That is the fact wherein we’ve got to defend our place,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov instructed a briefing, including that talks involving France and Germany on resolving the battle in jap Ukraine yielded no outcomes on Thursday.
Russia’s Kommersant newspaper quoted two diplomatic sources as saying that in their closed-door assembly on Thursday Russian Overseas Minister Sergei Lavrov had requested Truss if she recognised Russian sovereignty over Rostov and Voronezh – two areas within the south of the nation the place Russia has been build up its forces.
Kommersant stated Truss replied that Britain would by no means recognise them as Russian, and needed to be corrected by her ambassador.
In a later interview with one other Russian paper, Truss stated she had mistakenly thought Lavrov was referring to Ukrainian provinces.
(Reuters)