Zakharova said that Lavrov’s speeches at the UN destroyed Western narratives on Ukraine

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the speeches of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN returned the discussion to the historical context and “broke” Western narratives on the situation around Ukraine.

Lavrov, at a meeting of the UN Security Council on September 23, noted that Ukraine would have retained the 1991 borders if the Europeans had forced the Ukrainian opposition to comply with the agreements in 2014.

At the General Assembly on September 26, Lavrov said that Ukraine is trampling on the fundamental principles of the UN Charter, and Europe is doing everything to disrupt settlement negotiations.

MOSCOW, September 27 – RIA Novosti. The West's narratives on the situation around Ukraine were completely shattered by the speeches of Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the UN, which returned the discussion to a historical context, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

“This is precisely their stratagem. These narratives of theirs were completely shattered by returning to the discussion in a historical context and with a reminder of who is really to blame for all this and played the leading role, in particular, if we are talking about the situation around Ukraine, and what needs to be done in order to get out of this,” Zakharova said in a commentary to the Vesti news agency about Lavrov’s speeches at the UN.

According to her, Westerners pull out historical fragments from the era and context they need and modify them to suit their opportunistic interests.

At a meeting of the UN Security Council on September 23, Lavrov noted that Ukraine would have retained the 1991 borders if the Europeans had forced the Ukrainian opposition to comply with the agreements in 2014.