MOSCOW: Russia’s proposals for settlement in Ukraine are well known to Kyiv and either Ukraine fulfils them for their own good or the Russian army will decide the issue, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said. “Our proposals for the demilitarization and denazification of the territories controlled by the regime, the elimination of threats to Russia’s security emanating from there, including our new lands, are well known to the enemy,” said Lavrov late on Monday.
“The point is simple: Fulfil them for your own good. Otherwise, the issue will be decided by the Russian army.”
Moscow has been calling its invasion in Ukraine a “special military operation” to “demilitarise” and “denazify” its neighbour. Kyiv and its Western allies call it an imperial-style aggression to grab land. In September, Moscow proclaimed it had annexed four provinces of Ukraine – Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson – after holding so-called referendums that were rejected as bogus and illegal by Kyiv and its allies. –Agecnies
