Moscow’s goal is to remove ‘unacceptable’ Kyiv regime, says Russia’s top diplomat
Euronews says Russia’s top diplomat said Moscow’s overarching goal in Ukraine is to remove from power its “unacceptable regime,” expressing the Kremlin’s war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet as its forces pummel the country with heavy bombardment.
The remark from Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov comes amid Ukraine’s efforts to resume grain exports from its Black Sea ports, something that would help ease global food shortages, under a new deal tested by a Russian strike on Odesa over the weekend.
After the failed attempt to seize much of the country amid its February invasion, Moscow officials have stated that the goal of Russia’s aggression on its western neighbour was to “liberate” the Kremlin-backed and equipped separatists in the eastern industrial region of the Donbas.