Ensuring a non-bloc, neutral, non-nuclear status of Ukraine means abandoning any attempt to drag it into NATO — Lavrov on the root cause of the Russia–Ukraine conflict.

He also called for an end to the ‘genocide of Russians & Russian-speaking people’ by the Kiev regime.

Adding, also said on another clip:

A truce now would only freeze the conflict — most of Ukraine would remain under the Nazi regime — Lavrov on Ukraine ceasefire notion

The West is blocking lasting peace and ignoring 'the root causes', including NATO expansion and rights of Russian-speaking citizens, the FM said