🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova (Moscow, April 27, 2023)

🔹 FM Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 #BlackSeaInitiative
🔹 On FM Sergey Lavrov tour to #LatinAmerica
🔹 On FM Sergey Lavrov visit to UN headquarters in New York
🔹 Russian MFA report on the human rights situation in Ukraine
🔹 Russian Embassy staff expelled from Sweden
🔹 Events scheduled for World Press Freedom Day

And much more...

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Talking points:

#Ukraine

The West says openly that they will do everything possible to facilitate a successful Ukrainian counteroffensive, supposedly due to begin in the near future. They are not hiding the fact that they are behind all these plans. They have repeatedly noted their involvement in tactical target acquisition, and now they are creating a strategic disposition.

Representatives from the “collective West” are also demanding openly that Russia sustain the maximum possible losses. So, they are reaffirming their direct involvement in the conflict once again.

#BlackSeaInitiative

Russia extended it for only 60 days, arguing that it did not consider its implementation as satisfactory. We made our position clear. We received a package of proposals from the UN Secretary-General addressed to President of Russia Vladimir Putin on the development, implementation and further progress of the Black Sea initiative.

All of this will be thoroughly analysed. The decision will be made based on the results of interdepartmental study.