Lavrov ridicules claims of Russian soldiers in Ukraine

August 29, 2014 04:07 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 06:58 pm IST - Moscow

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov

Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has ridiculed Western claims of a Russian military incursion in Ukraine.

“We are hearing such speculation not for the first time and we have never been presented any factual evidence,” Lavrov said in Moscow, suggesting that satellite images of Russian military convoys might have been taken from computer games.

The Minister argued that the “nervous accusations” are being aired because the pro-Russian separatists have made military advances.

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