CAIRO. April 12 (Interfax) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has warned that the Ukrainian leadership might resort to "reckless steps" in pursuit of higher popularity ratings.
"It seems to me some lessons should be learned from [the events of] 2014. Unfortunately, this is not the case at the moment, and we so far haven't seen any confirmation of this truth, which we hoped had been embraced by all those who encouraged the Ukrainian leadership's anti-Russian sentiments and who encouraged the unwillingness of both the former and the current government in Kyiv to abide by international legal agreements stipulated by the UN Security Council resolution," Lavrov said during a press conference in Cairo, in response to a question from Interfax.
"This might turn out badly, because the regime in Kyiv might resort to reckless actions in an attempt to restore its ratings," he said.
Tensions in eastern Ukraine began growing in March. Ukraine and the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and Luhansk People's Republic have accused each other of disrupting a ceasefire agreement, and both sides have reported fatalities. Kyiv and Western countries have also expressed concerns about the relocation of Russian troops closer to the Ukrainian border.