Lavrov Compares Zelensky To Barking Dog
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov compared Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's international actions to a character from a Krylov fable. Lavrov stated that Zelensky's behavior resembles a small dog barking at an elephant that remains unbothered. The comments were made during a response to journalist Pavel Zarubin regarding Zelensky's nuclear rhetoric toward US authorities. Russian officials used the metaphor to characterize the perceived insignificance of Ukraine's diplomatic pressure.
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Radio Mayak
“Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that Zelensky's actions on the world stage resemble the behavior of a character from the fable 'The Elephant and the Pug'.”
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