Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, has said that the West in engaged in a proxy war with Russia and that could easily escalate into another world war with the use of nuclear weapons, as Western nations like the United States and Britain continue to support Ukraine by increasing their support of Ukraine.
“The risk is serious, real. It should not be underestimated,” Lavrov said in a Russian state-television interview. “Under no circumstances should a third world war be allowed to happen,” he said, adding that “there can be no winners in a nuclear war.”
Lavrov said that there is a real threat of this war becoming much bigger, if Western nations provide arms for Ukraine.
“NATO is, in essence, going to war with Russia through a proxy and arming that proxy.” Lavrov said.
The Foreign Minister for Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba dismissed Lavrov’s comments and said they were a way to frighten off open support for Ukraine.
“This only means Moscow senses defeat in Ukraine,” he wrote on Twitter. “Therefore, the world must double down on supporting Ukraine so that we prevail and safeguard European and global security.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin has already threatened to use nuclear weapons, to help try to prevent the U.S and NATO from getting involved.
Western nations have been providing fresh supplies of weapons and ammunition to Ukraine, while Russia’s first attempt to overthrow the Ukrainian government was unsuccessful, the focus for Moscow is seizing territory. The Russians did, however, discover U.S funded bioweapons laboratories when they first invaded Ukraine.
Germany is refurbishing tanks to give to Ukraine, even after the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said only a week ago that Germany was treading carefully to avoid a nuclear war.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, said Ukraine has received more than $5 billion of equipment to defend against Russian forces, including two U.S. packages of military aid worth $800 million each. Mr. Austin also said that the U.S is aiming to see a depleted Russian military and degraded capabilities.
“We want to see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine,” Mr. Austin said.
Defense ministers from the West are meeting to discuss what NATO considers nonstandard ammunition and weapons systems – including Britain’s Mr. Austin, Ukraine defense minister Oleksii Reznikov and NATO Secretary=General Jens Stoltenberg.
Russia has removed some of its forces from around cities in the north of Ukraine and will instead focus on the Donbas region.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is meeting with Mr. Lavrov and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and will then meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Mr. Kuleba – hoping to discuss ways to end the conflict.
WHY DON’T THEY BOMB THE RUSSIAN CITIES? FIGHT BACK! LET’S DESTROY THIER COUNTRY & C HOW THEY LIKE IT!
The aggressive attitude of the western governments and the many arms sent to Ukraine is a shame. One time, they sent arms just when there was a hope for peace negotiation to reach its goal. Since years, the nato movements towards the Russian border is NOT acceptable. I think M. Poutine has been very patient with these war fanatics.
Putin is nothing short of being a bully and a thug and doesn’t care that Russian soldiers are being killed in the thousands…… I can’t imagine the parents of the soldiers could be happy either.
I am sure that the parents of any Ukrainian slaughtered by Ukronazis can be happy. Zelensky, whom a High level American military called “drag queen” and who is a corrupt mafia criminal, is the acclaimed thug in western world parliaments. The decadent occidental rulers have lost all sense of value and of ethics. Furthermore, I don’t think that any relatives (if there still remain some) of the 370’000 people of Yemen killed by Saudi Arabia or the 500’000 killed by the US army in Irak could be happy…
The real shame is that nato and western governments push to more conflict with Russia. As I understand the situation, Poutine has waited very long before he entered Ukraine. Porochenko, and then this thug Zelensky, killed 14’000 Ukrainians (their own people) during an 8 years of civil war. Nato is a company of criminals. They support the Ukrainian nazis (Safari, Azov, Svoboda, Pravi sector). I CANNOT STAND nazis. So, the purpose of Poutine of de-nazification of Ukraine can only be praised by any honest person.
Joe, Hi I have an interest on both sides of the pond. I have property less than 100 miles from Mariupol, along with Grand children,and a Daughter. I have family,and property here in the U.S, and family members here too. This has been brewing for a long time,really since the split up of the Soviet Union. NATO has been grabbing up small countries and squeezing the borders of Russian territory since that break up of the Soviet Union. The U.S. Britten,and NATO want to squeeze Russia into a box, and to leave it powerless. I get it,and So does Putin,and His inner circle. If the U.S. and NATO do not give Russia some reasonable quarter I am afraid that there will be no winners here, And Biden might well be the last emperor. Just My opinion, Joe
The sickness show in the posts here astoundingly pathetic!