Lavrov: Kyiv will fail in its aspiration to "take Crimea"

Lavrov said, voicing a line that was previously carried out “hybridly” and now on the battlefield, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky claims that Ukraine will win and “take all its lands,” including Crimea.

“At the same time, he (Zelensky. -

) forgets the history of the peninsula.

Maybe he didn’t know her at all when he was “studying” at the “Club of the Funny and Resourceful”.

I have no doubt that such a line will fail,” the minister said.

Earlier, Lavrov said that the Ukrainian people would be freed from neo-Nazi rulers.

In September, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Crimea is an integral part of Russia and that claims to Russian territory would receive a proper response.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly stressed that the issue of Crimea is closed for Russia, and the referendum on the peninsula was held in strict accordance with international law.

Crimea became a Russian region after a referendum held there in March 2014: the majority of residents voted for reunification with Russia.