Sergey Lavrov

Well, we officially are not at war, but what is going on in Ukraine uh is the some people call it hybrid war i would call it hybrid war as well but it is obvious that the ukrainians would not be able to do what they're doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the american servicemen and this is this is This is dangerous, no doubt about this.

We don't want to aggravate the situation. But since ATAKOMs and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, as it were, we are sending signals. And we hope that the last one a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called Arechnik, was taken seriously.

We don't want to aggravate the situation. But since ATAKOMs and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, as it were, we are sending signals. And we hope that the last one a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called Arechnik, was taken seriously.

We don't want to aggravate the situation. But since ATAKOMs and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, as it were, we are sending signals. And we hope that the last one a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called Arechnik, was taken seriously.

However, we also know that some officials in the Pentagon and in other places, including NATO, they started saying in the last few days something like, well, NATO is a defensive alliance, but sometimes you can strike first because the attack is the best defense. Some others in Stratcom, I think, is his name, representative of STRATCOM, he said something which allows for

However, we also know that some officials in the Pentagon and in other places, including NATO, they started saying in the last few days something like, well, NATO is a defensive alliance, but sometimes you can strike first because the attack is the best defense. Some others in Stratcom, I think, is his name, representative of STRATCOM, he said something which allows for

However, we also know that some officials in the Pentagon and in other places, including NATO, they started saying in the last few days something like, well, NATO is a defensive alliance, but sometimes you can strike first because the attack is the best defense. Some others in Stratcom, I think, is his name, representative of STRATCOM, he said something which allows for

an eventuality of exchange of limited nuclear strikes. And this kind of threats are really worrying, because if they are following the logic which some Westerners have been pronouncing lately, that, well, don't believe that Russia has red lines, they announce their red lines, these red lines are being moved again and again and again, this is a very serious mistake.

an eventuality of exchange of limited nuclear strikes. And this kind of threats are really worrying, because if they are following the logic which some Westerners have been pronouncing lately, that, well, don't believe that Russia has red lines, they announce their red lines, these red lines are being moved again and again and again, this is a very serious mistake.

an eventuality of exchange of limited nuclear strikes. And this kind of threats are really worrying, because if they are following the logic which some Westerners have been pronouncing lately, that, well, don't believe that Russia has red lines, they announce their red lines, these red lines are being moved again and again and again, this is a very serious mistake.

That's what I would like to say in response to this question. It is not us who started the war. Putin repeatedly said that we started the operation in order to end the war, which Kyiv regime was conducting against its own people in the parts of Donbas. And just in his latest statement, the president

That's what I would like to say in response to this question. It is not us who started the war. Putin repeatedly said that we started the operation in order to end the war, which Kyiv regime was conducting against its own people in the parts of Donbas. And just in his latest statement, the president

That's what I would like to say in response to this question. It is not us who started the war. Putin repeatedly said that we started the operation in order to end the war, which Kyiv regime was conducting against its own people in the parts of Donbas. And just in his latest statement, the president

clearly indicated that we are ready for any eventuality, but we strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interests of Russia and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine.

clearly indicated that we are ready for any eventuality, but we strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interests of Russia and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine.

clearly indicated that we are ready for any eventuality, but we strongly prefer peaceful solution through negotiations on the basis of respecting legitimate security interests of Russia and on the basis of respecting the people who live in Ukraine.

who still live in Ukraine, being Russians, and their basic human rights, language rights, religious rights have been exterminated by a series of legislation passed by the Ukrainian parliament, and they started long before the special military operation.

who still live in Ukraine, being Russians, and their basic human rights, language rights, religious rights have been exterminated by a series of legislation passed by the Ukrainian parliament, and they started long before the special military operation.

who still live in Ukraine, being Russians, and their basic human rights, language rights, religious rights have been exterminated by a series of legislation passed by the Ukrainian parliament, and they started long before the special military operation.

In 2017, legislation was passed prohibiting Russian education in Russian, prohibiting Russian media operating in Ukraine, then prohibiting Ukrainian media working in Russian language. And the latest, of course, there were also steps to cancel any cultural events in Russian. Russian books were thrown out of libraries. exterminated.