Complex sentence: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov on June 23 said that "Lithuanian fascists are attacking Red Army," however later it was interpreted as a mistake, because it could have encouraged other Soviet-occupied nations to seek their own independence.
Split into simpler sentences: Soviet Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov on June 23 claimed that the "Lithuanian fascists are attacking Red Army". However that was later regarded as a mistake, because it could have encouraged other Soviet-occupied nations to seek their own independence.