Russian foreign minister says ‘Ukraine has the right to exist’ with territory-related caveat

Aug 25, 2025 - 00:00
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Russian foreign minister says ‘Ukraine has the right to exist’ with territory-related caveat
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview Sunday that Ukraine “has the right to exist” but added a caveat to that right related to territory. “Mr. Foreign Minister, let me ask you about something that President Putin said in June. He said, quote, ‘I consider the Russian and Ukrainian people to be one…