The Russian foreign minister was flustered by the audience's reaction in New Delhi to his view that Kyiv had started the war.
During an event in New Delhi, where he had been taking part in talks among the G20 group of industrialized nations, Lavrov struggled to get to the end of a sentence which gave a different take on the cause of the war than the international consensus that Russia launched an unprovoked invasion in February last year.
"The war which we are trying to stop and which was launched against us," Lavrov said, before laughter rang out among the audience. Lavrov paused briefly and look flustered as he tried to continue. He finished the sentence that it"influenced Russian policy" taking three attempts to say the word"influence" amid the cackles and an audience member shouting"come on.
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