US State Department spokesman Ned Price commented on anti-Semitic remarks by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Jews, reports Ukrinform citing Price's briefing.
The State Department spokesman said Lavrov's statements about Jews, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, were "the lowest form of racism, propaganda and lies."
Price spoke in support of a statement by the Israeli Foreign Minister, who called Lavrov's remarks "unforgivable and outrageous."
He also remarked that the statement of Lavrov and the conduct of other russian officials "is consistently proving that there is no floor when it comes to just how low they can stoop."
On 1 May 2022, Lavrov gave an interview to the Italian television company Mediasat, in which he tried to justify russia's military aggression against Ukraine. To prove the need for "denazification", he said that "the fiercest anti-Semites are usually Jews."
The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Israel, Yair Lapid, responded to Lavrov's words. He wrote on Twitter that "what the Minister for Foreign Affairs of rf said is an outrageous and irreparable statement and a terrible historical mistake. Jews did not kill themselves during the Holocaust. Accusing Jews of anti-Semitism is the worst form of racism against Jews."
In his evening video address on 2 May 2022, the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russia "does completely inadequate things every day." He asked, "Will the Israeli ambassador stay in Moscow, knowing their new position?"