West did nothing when Kiev waged war against its own citizens in Donbass – Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov criticized the collective West for standing idle while Ukraine's leaders, first Poroshenko and then Zelensky, waged war against their own citizens in the Donbass region. He also condemned Ukrainian legislation targeting Russian education and culture. Lavrov stated that Russia's Special Military Operation was initiated to eliminate threats to its security and to protect those who consider themselves part of Russian culture from legislative and even physical extermination.