Russia's top diplomat says the 'geography' of Ukraine has changed as the White House warns Moscow plans to annex more territory

• The geographical war goals of the Russian president have changed.

• Russia's foreign minister said in an interview that the geography is different.

• According to the White House, Moscow is planning to annex more territory in the country.

As the White House warned that Moscow is planning to annex more territory in the eastern European country, Putin's top diplomat said the Kremlin's geographical war goals in Ukraine have changed.

In an interview with Russian state media published on Wednesday, the Foreign Minister said that Moscow's military mission goes beyond the conflict in the east of the country.

The geography is different according to the Russian foreign minister.

The Kherson region, the Zaporizhzhia region and a number of other territories are included in the definition.

Russia's invasion of Ukrainian is an ongoing process that continues consistently and persistently, according to Lavrov.

The Kremlin will push its military goals in the country even further if Western countries continue to provide long-range weapons to Ukraine.

Russia can't allow Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to have weapons that will pose a direct threat to our territory and the territories of those republics that have declared their independence.

After failing to capture the capital city of Ukraine, the Russian forces switched their attention to the rest of the country. Russia had control of Luhansk.

John Kirby said on Tuesday that Russia is laying the groundwork to annex Ukrainian territory that it controls.

Kirby said that there was ample evidence that Russia intended to annex additional Ukrainian territory.

Kirby said that Russia is "starting to roll out a version of what you could call an annexation playbook."

Kirby said that the Russian government is considering annexing a number of regions in Ukraine.

Kirby said that Russia is installing illegitimate proxy officials in the areas of Ukraine under its control who will organize sham referenda to provide justification for the annexation of Ukraine's territory.

In an interview with Insider last week, top Russia expertFiona Hill emphasized that Putin's overall goals in Ukraine have not changed, even if the war has evolved into a more grinding, longer conflict than he anticipated. Hill said that Putin wants to subjugating Ukraine.

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