❗️Lavrov: Russia hopes that the French presidency will not refuse to convene an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, as was the case after the Bucha hoax, when Britain, as chairman, refused to hold an urgent meeting

❗️Lavrov: the POWs exchange between the Russian Federation and Ukraine was agreed upon, but instead Kiev attacked the Il-76 plane with anti-aircraft missiles.

Lavrov: After the plane crashed after being hit by anti-aircraft guns, the Ukrainian side announced its valiant achievements. but after it became known that the plane was transporting prisoners, the Ukrainian side immediately began to sweep the traces under the carpet.

❗️Lavrov on IL-76 crash: Russia is trying to establish facts right now

❗️Lavrov: We have just received information and are checking it, which is why we insist on convening an extraordinary meeting today so that Ukraine can tell what happened

♻️ Want to save on recycling? Send your garbage to Ukraine!

Berlin will send six Sea King Mk41 helicopters to Ukraine, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Tuesday touting the outdated aircraft as "proven and reliable." It's not the first time that a Western country has sent its outdated arms to Ukraine.

▪️The Australian Federation of Ukrainian Organisations (AFUO) is urging its government to deliver its retired fleet of Taipan choppers to Ukraine, as it would be cheaper than scrapping them;

▪️The UK sent their older-model Challenger 2 main battle tanks to Kiev, later admitting that they may have hazardous substances in their armor;

▪️French Armed Forces Minister Sebastien Lecornu told Franceinfo last September that the Ukraine assistance program allowed Paris to get rid of plenty of old arms;

▪️The Netherlands announced in November that sending its decommissioned Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft guns to Ukraine would give them "second life".

▪️Denmark is due to provide its legacy F-16 warplanes to Ukraine later this year.

The list goes on and on. NATO allies and their partners have capitalized on the opportunity to save on recycling. Old choppers, tanks, howitzers and other weapons have been "generously" donated to the Ukrainian military, saving the millions it would cost to bury them in landfill.

Attack on Il-76 over the Belgorod region is Kiev’s use of terrorist methods - Lavrov

⚡️Lavrov: Given the efforts made by the states and their allies to modernize nuclear weapons in violation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, tactical nuclear weapons are located in 5 NATO countries. The United States refuses to withdraw these weapons to its territory. Therefore, at the request of the President of Belarus, we placed our weapons there.

❗️Lavrov: I’m not at all worried that the international community may not believe statements that there were Ukrainian prisoners of war in the downed Il-76

📹 Lavrov: Russia hopes that the French presidency will not refuse to convene an urgent meeting of the UN Security Council, as was the case after the Bucha hoax, when Britain, as chairman, refused to hold an urgent meeting

📹 "It takes a long time for the information to reach you" — Lavrov on the question of whether Russia intends to use nuclear weapons that Russia sent to Belarus

⚡️Lavrov: ceasefire proposals between Hamas and Israel distract from resolving the issue

⚡️Lavrov: Russia and the United States have nothing to discuss on strategic stability now

❗️Lavrov: There are practically no relations between the Russian Federation and the United States; they rarely contact each other regarding the work of embassies: the conversation is “rather boring”

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❗️Lavrov about the hysteria over "Russia’s attack" on NATO:

▪️I hope that there are smart people left there who not only know history but also have an instinct for self-preservation.

▪️I heard that even Biden said that if Ukraine loses, then Russia will go to the Baltic states.

▪️I am inclined to believe in the intelligence of the American leadership, and I think that this is connected with the financing of Ukraine.

▪️This is nonsense; President Putin has already commented on this story.

▪️We have no desire, no political or economic necessity...

▪️We would not have needed a special military operation if the West had not allowed the 2014 coup in Ukraine.

▪️When the war unleashed in the Donbass was stopped and the Minsk agreements were signed, then it all worked, but it turned out that no one except Putin was going to fulfill these agreements.

▪️A special military operation became inevitable after many years when Russia tried to convince the West that they shouldn't make Ukraine a threat right on our borders.

⚡️Lavrov on the words of Trump, who promised to resolve the conflict between Russia and Ukraine in a day: I doubt that Ukraine will be ready for any settlement

Kiev, West will fall on their faces trying to spin Il-76 shootdown to suit anti-Russian narrative – ret. US Lieut. Col

“I think what will probably happen is Kiev and the Western powers will probably try to initially blame this on Russia,” retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel and international geopolitics and military affairs consultant Earl Rasmussen told Sputnik.

“It creates a new story. It takes attention away from other things that are not going so good. And it creates basically a public relations episode here where we can focus on this tragic event that occurred and look what the Russians did. Although I think as we investigate this, we will clearly see that this was shot down by the Ukrainians. They'll probably try to say that this was an accident. But from my understanding their military, the Ukrainian military were aware, were informed and were aware that this flight was carrying Ukrainian prisoners of war on it,” Rasmussen said.

“Will anyone be held accountable for this? Absolutely not. I don't think so. They'll use this for the press to draw the headlines in a certain direction. It'll be quieted down. And once it's proven that Ukraine was involved, perhaps, they'll accept and say it was an accident. But nothing will happen. No one will be held accountable for this,” the veteran soldier believes.

📹 Full video of the Russian FM Sergey Lavrov's press conference after UNSC meetings in New York

❗️Key details about Il-76 downing in Russia's Belgorod region:

▪️Video of the crash of the IL-76 plane with Ukrainian prisoners

▪️Where was the plane with Ukrainian prisoners of war shot down from?

▪️Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed by a Western-made missile?

▪️How Ukraine earlier opened 'friendly fire'

▪️How POWs exchange deals between Russia and Ukraine used to take place

▪️Ukrainian media removed information that the plane was shot down by a Ukrainian missile

▪️Will the terrorist attack near Belgorod affect Ukraine's receipt of military assistance from the United States?

▪️List of Ukrainian POWs slain in the Il-76 plane crash: what do we know so far?

▪️ Was that a terrorist attack? Earl Rasmussen, retired US Army Lieutenant Colonel explains