UN Chief Blasts Russia’s Ukraine Invasion as Lavrov Looks On
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Antonio Guterres and Sergey Lavrov at UN headquarters in New York, on April 24.
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres confronted Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at the Security Council on Monday, denouncing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as a violation of the UN Charter as well as international law.
Lavrov sat impassively next to Guterres at the council’s iconic horseshoe-shaped table, but then launched into a tirade against the US and its allies when he spoke next.