Not planning to attack other countries

“We are not planning to attack other countries,” he told a Turkish reporter. “We didn’t attack Ukraine, either.”

repeating Russian claims that the country was forced to conduct a “special military operation” in Ukraine to assure its own security.

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"“We are not planning to attack other countries,” he told a Turkish reporter. “We didn’t attack Ukraine, either.” "

--Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, repeating Russian claims that the country was forced to conduct a “special military operation” in Ukraine to assure its own security.