“The (Kiev) regime is trying on its behalf to draw the Americans and other NATO members deeper into the conflict, hoping to make a hasty clash with the Russian army inevitable.” In this regard, Lavrov recalled the missile impact in Poland in mid-November and described the Ukrainian response as a provocation.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tried to pass the missile off as a Russian missile, Lavrov said. “It is good that Washington and Brussels had the wisdom at the time not to fall for it.” However, this incident showed that nothing can stop Kiev. The West recently assumed the projectile was a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile used to defend against Russian attacks.
Lavrov criticized the course of the West. He constantly speculates that Russia is about to use nuclear weapons against Ukraine. “We are talking about completely different things here – the political course of the West, aimed at total restraint from Russia, is extremely dangerous. It poses the risk of a direct armed clash between the nuclear powers,” Lavrov claimed. Moscow always insists that there can be no winners in nuclear war and “it must never be unleashed”.
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022. However, the Russian leadership only describes its own war of aggression as a “special military operation” and justifies it again and again by saying that they only prevented an attack by Ukraine.
(SDA)