Russia threatens to 'catch the world's attention' on anniversary of Ukraine invasion

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov reportedly warned the West that something big was planned to "catch the world's attention" at the occasion of the first anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine Sergei Lavrov said that Russia would do everything to draw attention to the anniversary of the invasion (

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Russia is planning something big to “catch the world’s attention” on the first anniversary of the war with Ukraine, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.

Vladimir Putin is thought to be looking to double down on the invasion by throwing up to 500,000 new conscripts into the battle.

And this coincides with the anniversary of the first arrival of Russian tanks in Ukraine on February 24 last year.

It seems Putin's plan is to overshadow events in the West to show his support for Ukraine a year after the war began, with Lavrov saying Russia will "do anything" to get attention.

At the same time, Russia issued veiled nuclear threats to the West over the way it supplied military armaments to Ukraine.

It is believed that Putin is preparing a new offensive in Ukraine (

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"Our diplomacy will do everything to ensure that the anti-Russian sabbats scheduled for the end of February - as if they coincided with the anniversary of the special military operation, both in New York and in other places the West is now actively working with the Kyiv regime - so that this does not turn out to be the only events that will capture the world's attention,” Lavrov told Russian state television, . p>

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov responded to Putin's threat to send more conscripts into the war by saying they were ready.

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