Lavrov says that Russia is ready for peace, but justifies the killing of civilians in Kiev: “They have the right to attack”

Serghei Lavrov, Russian Foreign Minister, announced that Moscow is ready to conclude an agreement to put an end to the war in Ukraine, according to fragments of an interview for an American television channel, on Thursday.

Serghei Lavrov/Photo: Profimedia

Lavrov told CBS on Thursday, April 24, that President Donald Trump “He talks about an agreement and we are ready to conclude an agreement, but some specific elements need to be polished”.

“There are several signs that we go in the right direction”He said, at a time when the difficult negotiations undertaken by the US president are hit by the problem of Peninsula Crimea, according to Agerpres.

Asked about the new wave of strokes on Ukraine launched during the Wednesday night to Thursday and who did at least 12 dead and dozens of injured in Kiev, Lavrov replied: “We only target military objectives or civil infrastructures used by the army”.

“If it was a target used by the Ukrainian army, the Ministry of Defense (Russian), the field commanders, have the right to attack them“, Said Lavrov.

Also on Thursday, Trump announced that he has set a deadline to obtain a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine, and this time is approaching, but did not specify.

“I have my own limit date and we want it to be fast“, Trump told the press before a work breakfast at the White House with Norwegian Prime Minister Gahr Stoere, according to Agerpres.

He believes “strongly” that both countries want peace, “But he must sit at the table ” For negotiations, he added about the two countries in the war. “We have been waiting for a long time“, Added the US president.