The war in Ukraine: “The continued armament of Ukraine by the United States and Western countries may turn the war into a nuclear confrontation,” the Russian foreign minister warned last night (Friday). Sergei Lavrov, In an interview with the Al-Arabiya network. He told Lavrov that “Ukraine made a mistake in refusing to be a nuclear power. We all need to insist that there can never be a nuclear war.”
Lavrov’s remarks coincide with a report in Poland that Warsaw has shipped more than 200 T-72 tanks to Ukraine in recent weeks. To date, Poland has provided Ukraine with $ 1.6 billion worth of military equipment, according to the Polish prime minister.
During the interview, Rubov also referred to the sanctions imposed on his country and said that “Sanctions have been with us for decades, we have never lived a day in the history of the Soviet Union or the Russian Federation without sanctions. They do not know how to deal with Russia. The West is not very smart and knows no history. “The West and the United States” thought Russia had disappeared after the fall of the Soviet Union. “
“The West blindly supported Kiev against Russia. This has been and still is the goal of our Western friends. We can not trust the West in anything. However, if the West admits mistakenly then there is a chance for some renewal of relations down the road. Russia is working to defend itself in certain sectors to protect About it and its economy. ”
Referring to Russia’s goals in the war, Lavrov claimed that he was “designed to protect Donetsk and Luhansk and ensure that no threat comes out of Ukrainian territory. In addition it is a response to NATO’s steps in Ukraine. They received offensive weapons, including one that could reach Russian territory, military bases were built, including in the Moss Sea, and many dozens of military exercises, many of them in Ukrainian territory, were conducted under the auspices of NATO. Most exercises are against the interests of the Russian Federation. It is to make sure that these plans do not materialize. “
At the same time, fighting in eastern Ukraine continued into the night. A senior U.S. Department of Defense official said Russia has been moving “slowly and unevenly” for the past 24 hours as they approach the cities of Slobansk and Bernivka in the east. In addition, the Ukrainian army claimed that during the night a train line and a supply line for soldiers at the front were shelled.