Russia's foreign minister again lays blame on the West for the Ukraine war.

[brooklynite]

Source: New York Times

The Russian foreign minister, Sergey V. Lavrov, used his remarks to the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to renew the Kremlin’s attacks on the United States and its Western allies, saying they had staged a “coup” in Ukraine that eventually led to Russia’s invasion last year.

Mr. Lavrov’s claims — shortly after President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine opened the session with his own speech condemning Russian aggression — stressed familiar Kremlin talking points, including that Kyiv was a U.S. puppet.

A series of speakers after Mr. Zelensky, including the American secretary of state, Antony J. Blinken, strongly criticized Russia for the invasion, its attacks on Ukrainian civilians, and its decision to pull out of a deal allowing Ukraine to ship grain through the Black Sea. But Mr. Lavrov heard little of that criticism, arriving in the chamber just before it was his turn to speak.

He reiterated claims Russia has used to justify its invasion, saying that the United States had fomented a “brutal” anti-Russian coup in 2014, a version of history that ignores myriad other factors that led to the Maidan uprising that year in Ukraine.

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[Chainfire]

1. Of course he does.

All tyrannical governments need someone to blame for their failures.

[Turbineguy]

2. Like an abusive parent

"You made me do this!"

[The Unmitigated Gall]

3. Spare a HIMARS for ol' Sergey V. n/t

[oldsoftie]

4. Sounds like a typical Trump supporter. Nt

[SouthernDem4ever]

10. Seriously, talk about projection

That dude has no shame and thinks we have no brains. Are you going to believe what you see or what I say? What a major jackass.

[maxsolomon]

5. They used the Maidan Revolution as their excuse to take Crimea.

They're never going to let that rationale go.

From Russia's perspective, it was a coup. Yanukovytch was elected; he was overthrown. Never mind Russia's interference leading up to his election, never mind his scrapping of the EU economic agreement that parliament had approved, never mind the brutal police actions and street battles in Kiev, never mind the 73% of Parliament vote to oust that corrupt quisling; coups are illegitimate.

Therefore, Russia gets to take back Russian-speaking areas: Crimea, Luhansk, Donetsk. AKA "Little Russia".

[The_Casual_Observer]

6. As if that pre-invasion speech by Putin about the march toward a glorious reunification of the USSR

didn't happen.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. So do the World Socialists. NT

[Backseat Driver]

8. Putin's lapdog wants to stay alive; not tossed out a tall building's windows

travel without anxiety, and really enjoy slurping his soup in a cafe. Phoo-phoo on his propaganda and disrespect to members of the UN. His nation is run by a criminal global megalomaniac and a syndicate of wealthy goons not to mention a military with no talent for war and a death wish.

Slava Ukraini

[Leghorn21]

9. Hey, motherfucker!! Two orders for you:

1. EAT SHIT
2. DIE

[machoneman]

12. Quick! Whose the traitor in the pic? Clue: buffoonish, orange hair, way overweight, lies like a rug.

[blue-wave]

11. Lavrov will

burn in hell forever.