The British Foreign Secretary told the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry about the need to withdraw Russian armed forces from the Ukrainian border. Sergei Lavrov replied that the military is on the territory of his country. Liz Truss repeated that they should be withdrawn. To this, the Russian minister again objected that the military did not violate anything, since they had the right to conduct any maneuvers on the territory of the Russian Federation.
After that, he himself addressed a question to his British colleague: “Do you recognize the sovereignty of Russia over the Rostov and Voronezh regions?”
“Great Britain will never recognize Russian sovereignty over these regions,” the Foreign Minister replied after a short pause.
British Ambassador to the Russian Federation Deborah Bonnert had to intervene in the situation, who delicately explained to Mrs. Truss that we were really talking about Russian regions.
https://www.moonofalabama.org/2022/02/the-mediocracy-of-global-britain.html
Lmao those aren't that far from Moscow. 6hr drive road trip kinda thing or a 1hr flight. typical in america
I'm a filthy slav so of course I know eastern European geography but you'd think a diplomat would fucking know too
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Rostov is a pretty famous port city, it's not exactly niche for a diplomat to know