Russia's Lavrov tells Red Cross of Ukrainian wartime rights violations

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov attends a press conference with Egypt's Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty following their talks in Moscow, Russia September 16, 2024. Alexander Zemlianichenko/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo

(Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov outlined to the visiting head of the International Committee of the Red Cross on Tuesday what he described as numerous Ukrainian rights violations over the course of the 2-1/2-year old war, his ministry said.

A ministry statement said Lavrov, in his talks with Mirjana Spoljaric, set out "the numerous facts of Ukraine's violations of norms of international humanitarian rights, including in the context of treatment of prisoners of war and civilians".