Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov describes Ukraine's government as 'anti-people and anti-historical', accusing Kyiv and its Western allies of turning Ukraine into the 'eternal enemy of Russia'.
Russia's Foreign Minister says Moscow's overarching goal in Ukraine is to topple President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's government, expressing the Kremlin's war aims in some of the bluntest terms yet, as its forces pummel the country with artillery barrages and airstrikes.
Speaking to envoys at an Arab League summit in Cairo, Mr Lavrov said Moscow is determined to help Ukrainians "liberate themselves from the burden of this absolutely unacceptable regime". Mr Lavrov's remarks contrasted with the Kremlin's line early in the war, when it repeatedly emphasised that Russia wasn't seeking to overthrow Mr Zelenskyy's government, even as Moscow's troops closed in on Kyiv.
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