During the [[Donbas war]] crisis of 2022, Russian foreign minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] asked Truss whether [[London]] recognizes [[Moscow]]’s [[sovereignty]] over the regions of Rostov and Voronezh. Truss replied that the UK “will never recognize [[Russia]]’s sovereignty over these regions.” British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert had to intervene and remind the Foreign Secretary that these two regions are actually considered Russian territory even by the United Kingdom and in fact those regions have been part of Russia for over 1,000 years.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-warns-world-war-whils-truss-says-rostov-and-voronezh-are-not-russian</ref> | During the [[Donbas war]] crisis of 2022, Russian foreign minister [[Sergey Lavrov]] asked Truss whether [[London]] recognizes [[Moscow]]’s [[sovereignty]] over the regions of Rostov and Voronezh. Truss replied that the UK “will never recognize [[Russia]]’s sovereignty over these regions.” British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert had to intervene and remind the Foreign Secretary that these two regions are actually considered Russian territory even by the United Kingdom and in fact those regions have been part of Russia for over 1,000 years.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/biden-warns-world-war-whils-truss-says-rostov-and-voronezh-are-not-russian</ref> |