# Lavrov: West urged Ukraine ceasefire to quell massive Russian attacks

https://mins.news/en/item/50215

- TASS, 2026-09-08 18:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2184437

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the West’s urgent calls for a ceasefire in Ukraine were driven by serious damage caused by Russian attacks in response to what Moscow calls terrorism by the Kyiv regime. He added that Moscow had been responding forcefully to Kyiv’s attacks on Russian territory for some time.

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