“Nobody is going to occupy Ukraine,” asserts Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, even as Russian forces appeared set to descend on the capital, Kiev. Echoing President Vladimir Putin’s extreme rhetoric, Lavrov said the purpose of Russia’s attack on Ukraine was “demilitarisation and de-Nazification.” Lavrov said: “We are interested in the Ukrainian people being independent, having a government that represents all their diversity.” After the restoration of “democratic order,” he said, the situation would allow for negotiations again. Europe, the United States and other powers say Moscow has …