Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says that the country's military ambitions extend beyond the Donbas region, departing from earlier claims that Russia didn’t intend to occupy Ukraine or “impose anything on anyone by force.”
Lavrov added that peace talks make no sense at the moment, repeating Russian claims that Western governments are encouraging Ukraine to fight instead of going to the negotiating table. He specifically mentioned U.S.-supplied High Mobility Artillery Rocket System , which have allowed Ukraine to strike Russian targets far beyond the frontlines.
Kuleba called on "all partners to step up sanctions pressure on Russia and speed up arms deliveries to Ukraine."White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said on Tuesday that U.S. intelligence shows Russia "is beginning to roll out a version of what you could call an annexation playbook, very similar to the one we saw in 2014" in Crimea.
"We know their next moves," he added, claiming the proxy Russian governments would organize fake referenda followed by an "illegal land grab."and Luhansk regions, it would connect Russia with the Crimean peninsula and fundamentally shift the outlook for any peaceful resolution to the war.
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