00:01Russia's Sergei Lavrov rejected Germany's calls to ease off its dangerous path of escalation
00:08toward the country, instead accusing Germany of being Ukraine's main sponsor during the first
00:14meeting between the two foreign ministers since Russia's 2022 full-skill invasion.
00:19Tensions rose in September after Berlin accused Russia of being behind a drone attack in Leipzig
00:26Hall Airport. Lavrov later defended Russia's war in Ukraine and criticized the West during
00:31his UN General Assembly speech.
00:56Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that it was clear the Kremlin
01:02was not preparing to bring the war to an end any time soon.
