“President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky, with his statements about the inhabitants of the East of Ukraine, himself laid the foundation for the process of announcing” referenda “on the entry of these territories into Russia.” This was stated on Saturday by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
According to him, when in August 2021 Zelensky in one of the interviews loudly stated that in eastern Ukraine there are not even necessarily people, but creatures, and that if anyone in Ukraine considers himself Russian, he seeks to speak In Russian, for the sake of the future of his children and his grandchildren, he recommended that such people “get out to Russia.”
So if you want, in general, he laid the foundation for the process that made the residence of ethnic Russians in Ukraine unbearable and eventually led to the fact that they were announced in these regions, republics of referendums about joining Russia ” – said the Russian minister.