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Russia Threatens To Retaliate If Interests In Ukraine Attacked

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Wednesday that Moscow would retaliate strongly if its "interests" in Ukraine are attacked. He also criticized the Ukrainian administration for relaunching its so-called anti-terrorist operation in the east of the country a day earlier.

Lavrov's remarks came in an interview with Russia Today, which published excerpts of the English-language interview to be broadcast later Wednesday.

The top Russian diplomat also compared the current situation in eastern Ukraine to that which led to a brief five-day war in August 2008 between Russian and Georgia over the Georgian region of South Ossetia. Georgia lost the 2008 war with Russia, leading to Moscow recognizing the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia as independent states despite firm opposition from the western nations. (excerpted in part)

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