Tue 01 March 2022:
Russia’s foreign minister has claimed Kyiv has been seeking to acquire nuclear weapons, telling a Geneva disarmament meeting that this is a real danger that Moscow needed to prevent.
“Ukraine still has Soviet technologies and the means of delivery of such weapons,” Sergey Lavrov told the Conference on Disarmament in a pre-recorded address. “We cannot fail to respond to this real danger.”
He delivered the speech to a thin crowd after diplomats from several countries, including France and the United Kingdom, staged a walk-out to protest against Russia’s invasion.
They stood in a circle outside the meeting for the duration of Lavrov’s speech, holding a Ukrainian flag. Lavrov was supposed to attend the session in person but the visit was cancelled, with Russia accusing unidentified EU states of blocking his flight path.
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