Lavrov Tells Lukashenko the West Unleashed Ukraine War — In Minsk, Russia Rehearses Its Peace Narrative (opens in new tab)

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko on Monday that the conflict in Ukraine was a war unleashed by the West — language that goes further than any ceasefire signal and positions Minsk as the staging ground for Moscow's maximalist narrative.