Mon 04 April 2022:
Russia’s foreign minister has dismissed Ukrainian accusations that Moscow’s forces committed atrocities against civilians, calling Kyiv’s claims of a massacre in Bucha a “stage-managed anti-Russian provocation”.
Sergey Lavrov said at the start of his talks with UN Under-Secretary-General Martin Griffiths that the Ukrainian allegations were a “direct threat to global peace and security”.
“The other day, another fake attack was launched in the city of Bucha, Kiev region, after Russian military personnel left this place in accordance with plans,” Lavrov said during his meeting with UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Martin Griffiths.
Lavrov also said that the West and Ukraine are spreading “staged” videos from Bucha in media.
“We requested an urgent meeting of the Security Council on this specific issue, because we see in such provocations a direct threat to international peace and security,” Lavrov added.
Russia orders probe
Earlier on Monday, Russia’s chief investigator ordered an official examination of what he called a Ukrainian “provocation” after Kyiv accused the Russian military of massacring civilians in the town of Bucha.
Alexander Bastrykin, head of the Russian Investigative Committee, ordered that a probe be opened on the basis that Ukraine had spread “deliberately false information” about Russian armed forces in Bucha, the committee said in a statement.
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