Russian minister lashes out at the West but barely mentions Ukraine in UN speech

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Russia’s top diplomat lashed out at the US and the West on Saturday, describing them as self-interested defenders of a fading international order, but he did not discuss his country’s war in Ukraine in his speech to the UN General Assembly.

Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said: “The US and its subordinate Western collective are continuing to fuel conflicts, which artificially divide humanity into hostile blocks and hamper the achievement of overall aims.