Lavrov Slams ’Hypocritical’ US over Embassy Raids in Ukraine

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Russia accused the United States and its Western allies of "hypocrisy" for refusing to condemn two violent attacks on the Russian embassy in Ukraine.

"In our case, we see no reaction from our Western colleagues... And hypocrisy and duplicity is there, indeed," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday.

It was on Wednesday that the Russian embassy in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, came under attack by angry protesters, who threw stones, smoke pellets, eggs and iodine bottles at the building.

However, the attack was not the first of kind on the Russian embassy. A similar incident last Sunday turned even more violent as a group of people torched the embassy's cars overnight, ripped the flags off and threw smoke bombs at the premises.

Neither acts of violence, however, drew criticism from the US and its allies.

Therefore, Lavrov stated that: "We see no reaction whatsoever from the so-called international community," to condemn "the actions of those thugs."

Meanwhile, Lavrov further mentioned that he will raise the issue with US Secretary of State John Kerry, noting that Moscow has always been quick to condemn any act of violence against diplomatic perimeters.

"Relevant messages have been sent, of course, to European capitals," he added.

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