Lavrov Slams ‘NATO Fantasies’ Of Sending Troops To Ukraine Amid OSCE Faceoff With US, Kyiv Diplomats

Russia and Ukraine traded barbs at a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation (OSCE) in Europe on Dec.5. Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov a “war criminal.” Sybiha and other Ukrainian officials got up and left the room when Lavrov’s speech began. Lavrov arrived in Malta on his first visit to a EU nation since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three years ago. Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on her message app that Malta had annulled her visa to accompany Lavrov. 00:00 – INTRODUCTION 03:31 – LAVROV WARNS WEST ON SENDING TROOPS TO UKRAINE05:03 – ‘OSCE UKRAINIANISED’n18oc_world n18oc_crux