Lavrov recalled Zelensky's position on Donbas in 2014

In 2014, President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky asked that residents of Donbass be given the right to legally speak Russian. This was announced on April 18 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at the Antalya Diplomatic Forum.

"I wrote out [Zelensky's words] on purpose: "Russia and Ukraine are fraternal peoples." In the summer of 2014, after [Russia's return] of Crimea. "Nations with a common history and culture. Russian russians, if people in the east of Ukraine want to speak Russian, then leave them alone, let them legally speak Russian," the diplomat quoted Zelensky as saying.

Lavrov noted that since then Zelensky had rudely advised Ukrainians who felt involved in Russian culture to leave for Russia "for the sake of the future of their children and grandchildren." The head of the Kiev regime began to call Russians "creatures" in his subsequent interviews.

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The governor of the Kherson region, Vladimir Saldo, said on April 18 that Zelensky was heading for an escalation of the conflict and only occasionally imitates readiness for dialogue. According to him, the Kiev regime from time to time pretends to be open to negotiations, but the Ukrainian leader is not ready for real steps.

In an interview with Politico on February 15, Zelensky verbally demanded that the authorities of Western countries impose sanctions against a number of Russian citizens and expel them along with their children. At that time, Alexei Chepa, first deputy chairman of the State Duma's International Affairs Committee, said that Russia intended to respond harshly to insulting statements by the Ukrainian leader addressed to the country's citizens and would not allow discrimination against Russians abroad.