Thursday 22 September 2022 08:23 PM Putin's attack dog Sergei Lavrov STORMS OUT of UN security meeting after ... trends now
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stormed out of a UN Security meeting today after a delusional speech in which he accused 'totalitarian' Ukraine of 'neo-Nazism' and 'Russophobia'.
It came after France, the current head of the Security Council, called a special session in New York to highlight the need for accountability for the atrocities seen in Ukraine.
Although Lavrov was not caught on camera leaving the room, his early departure was referenced by UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly.
'He has left the chamber, I'm not surprised, I don't think Mr Lavrov wants to hear the collective condemnation of this council,' Mr Cleverly said.
Lavrov told the Council that there has been a narrative that Russian aggression initiated the war as he lashed out at Western accusations.
'There's an attempt today to impose on us a completely different narrative about Russian aggression as the origin of this tragedy,' Lavrov said.
He accused Ukraine of 'Russophobia,' including through its imposition of Ukrainian language rules.
'The United States and their allies with the connivance of international human rights organisations have been covering the crimes of the Kyiv regime,' Lavrov added.
The Foreign Minister also accused Ukraine of becoming a 'Nazi-like state' in a rambling speech.
'We have no doubt that Ukraine has become a completely totalitarian Nazi-like state where the norms of international humanitraian law trampled on,' Lavrov said.
He added: 'We have no illusions that today the armed forces of Russia and the militias of Lugansk and Donetsk are being opposed not only by the neo-Nazi formations of the Kiev regime but the military machine of the collective West.'
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (pictured) stormed out of a UN Security meeting after a delusional speech in which he accused 'totalitarian' Ukraine of 'Russophobia'
Lavrov pictured speaking at the Security Council meeting in New York, accused the West of 'covering up the crimes of the Kyiv regime'
Before the meeting started, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba had wryly told reporters that he planned to keep a 'safe social distance' from Lavrov.
And before Vladimir Putin's attack dog Lavrov had entered the room, council staffers prepared to put a placard marking Ukraine's seat next to Russia's, but Kuleba objected, leading to his seat being moved.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called on every UN General Assembly member to 'send a clear message' to Russia that it must stop its nuclear threats.
Putin said earlier this week that his nuclear-ready army will 'certainly use all means available to us' to defend the country.
Blinken demanded that Putin be held to account as he faced Russia during a session in which the United Nations catalogued abuses in
