West trying to expand NATO to East, says Russian FM Lavrov

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West trying to expand NATO to East, says Russian FM Lavrov

At the UN General Assembly, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the West was trying to introduce separating lines of bloc confrontation, leading a reckless course of expanding NATO to the East. According to Lavrov, Washington was trying to turn the whole globe into its own backyard While there are pseudo-referendums on joining Russia in the Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions. They started on the 23rd and will continue until the 27th of September. The shelling continues in the regions. The renewed attacks near the Zaporizhzhia NPP fuelled fears of a potential accident, according to Euronews Bulgaria. The Kremlin has released videos purportedly showing citizens signing up to fight. The growing queues at the borders of Russia with Georgia, Finland and others refute Russian propaganda. A law signed by President Putin on September 24th will be signed by President Putin, who will mark his 70th birthday next month, but those who don't participate in military operations face prison.

The Russian Federation's entire territory, including that which may be included in the Russian constitution in the future, is under the full protection of the state, Lavrov said.

More than 740 people were arrested in 32 cities in Russia during anti-war protests, according to the non-governmental organization OVD-info. BNR Horizont Bulgaria is seriously alarmed by the current escalation of the conflict and the partial mobilization announced in the Russian Federation. We don't support the referendums being held in the occupied Ukrainian territories. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Milkov, said that they are not free and fair and that they have no legal force. This is how caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikolay Milkov expressed the Bulgarian position on the war in Ukraine and the referendums in the occupied territories during the 77th session of the UN General Assembly in New York.