RT News - February 24 2025 (17:00 MSK)

Explosives strike the Russian consulate in the French city of Marseille in an attack Moscow is calling terrorism, while just a week ago Russian intelligence services warned that their European diplomatic missions could become Ukrainian targets. Those are the terms voiced by the Russian Foreign Minister. Sergey Lavrov added that Ukraine was just hours away from peace, in April 2022 - before the West pushed Kiev to keep fighting indefinitely. European officials give Vladimir Zelensky a pass on elections, despite the failure of Ukraine’s parliament to rally the votes needed for a resolution supporting his continued reign.