Sergei Lavrov accused the West of lying after the terrorist attack in Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov this Wednesday accused the “West” of lying, alluding to Ukraine and its allies, following an attack attributed to Ukrainian forces on Moscow.

“When the West supplies Ukraine with weapons of ever greater range and at the same time says that it does not support the use of these weapons against Russian territory, this is a lie,” he said at a press conference in Maputo during a visit to Ukraine. country as part of his tour of Africa.

The head of Russian diplomacy began his tour of the continent on Monday, and this Wednesday journalists asked about the latest developments in the war, including the attack on Russian soil.

Lavrov called the UK “a master at pushing other countries to military support for Ukraine,” accusing the British foreign secretary of “instigating” Kyiv to act.

At stake are statements by James Cleverly, who on Tuesday deemed it legal for Ukraine to plan actions in Russia as part of its defense strategy.

“As for the consequences of such a criminal course of action, I am convinced that our Armed Forces have the appropriate answers,” Sergey Lavrov concluded.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday accused Ukraine of terrorism and an attempt to intimidate the Russian population following an unprecedented “drone” attack on the Moscow region that left two people slightly injured and several buildings sustained minor damage. .

The Russian Defense Ministry said eight vehicles were involved in the attack, of which five were shot down by air defense systems and three were neutralized by electronic means, the official TASS news agency reported.

Ukraine denies any “direct connection” to the attacks in the Russian capital region.

The action against Moscow on Tuesday came two days after two people were killed in Kyiv in a new attack by Russia that invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.