and in central africa, we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. hello. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a criminal act. russia s special operati
we ve a special report on the race to stop the plunder of rich peatlands releasing damaging carbon dioxide. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. one of president putin s closest advisers, the foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has told the bbc that russia has not invaded ukraine. he s repeated the kremlin line that there is no war, but instead a special military operation . this comes as russia s invasion of ukraine is almost four months old. mr lavrov, who s been at the heart of power in russia for over 20 years, spoke to our russia editor steve rosenberg. hello, thank you. how are you? it was the first time sergei lavrov had agreed to meet since moscow launched its offensive in ukraine. russia s government has created a parallel reality. invasion? what invasion? translation: we didn t invade ukraine. - we declared a special military operation because we had absolutely no other way of explaining to the west that dragging ukraine into nato was a crimi