Lavrov says Russia did not attack Ukraine mall, blames West for sending weapons to drag out conflict

Lavrov’s words came when visiting Turkmenistan with President Putin, echoing the response of Russian Defense Ministry hours earlier Facing “war crime” and “terrorist act” accusations the Russian top diplomat underlined West’s “pouring fire on oil” prolonged the conflict While Ukrainian President Zelensky insisted some 1,000 civilians were estimated to be inside the busy mall at the time of the attack, among them, 36 people were missing after a Russian missile strike that killed at least 18 Zelensky meanwhile blamed Russia’s attack when addressing the UN Security Council demanded Russia, one of the five permanent members of UNSC, to be expelled