Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West has united against Russia and accused Western governments of using Ukraine to weaken Moscow.
“This is no laughing matter: the entire West has united against Russia,” Lavrov said, according to comments reported by Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
The foreign minister claimed that Ukraine’s recent battlefield progress has been made possible by support from Kyiv’s allies. He also alleged that Western countries hoped to “dismember” Russia and turn the Russian public against the country’s leadership.
Lavrov also accused Western governments of issuing ultimatums to Moscow over ending the war and indicated that the Kremlin was unwilling to make concessions.
“Russia should not become angry or fall into hysteria, but develop a healthy anger in its foreign policy,” he said.
The Russian foreign minister separately described the Baltic states as the West’s “main warheads” against Moscow. He criticized discussions in the region concerning restrictions on the possible deployment of nuclear weapons, portraying them as another threat to Russia.
