“I hope that the Ukrainians ... will stop again looking for a way out (from the situation with the export of grain. -
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) in demands for the West to arm them to the teeth, including the supply of the very anti-ship systems that Ukrainian officials say they want to act against ships of the Russian Black Sea Fleet.
In general, it is necessary to abandon such rhetoric long ago and engage not in whipping up passions in the media space in the hope of maintaining our ratings, but to engage in concrete deeds,” Lavrov said during a press conference following a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan.
The Russian minister noted that the West must realize that "indulgence in the militaristic moods of Kyiv will not lead to anything good."
Earlier, Lavrov responded with a joke to a Ukrainian journalist who accused Russia of allegedly stealing grain in Ukraine.