Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's answer to a question from Moscow. Kremlin. Putin programme, May 28, 2023
28 May 2023 11:47
1035-28-05-2023
Question: Weapons supplies [to Ukraine] made headlines this week; they have even been promised fighter jets. Until recently, few dared even mention anything like this. Tanks, fighter jets - where is the limit to this escalation?
Sergey Lavrov: Until recently, they were afraid to mention anything other than helmets and bulletproof vests. This is what German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.
What we see now is an unacceptable escalation. I think that there are reasonable people in the West who understand this. But the entire agenda is dictated by Washington, London, and their satellites within the European Union, primarily the Baltic states and Poland, which are implementing on the ground the US-assigned mission - to weaken Russia and inflict a "strategic defeat" on it.
Political analysts in the West are already talking about "decolonising" Russia, meaning partitioning our country. They are playing with fire. There can be no doubt about it.
I hope that reasonable people will finally abandon their reckless support for the neo-Nazi regime created by the West itself.
Recently, I heard very cautious remarks by US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley. This was the first time an official uttered something other than all-out support for Vladimir Zelensky's peace formula. He said that Ukraine is unlikely to return all of its territories within the 1991 borders in the foreseeable future. This is an obvious step towards understanding the reality on the ground.
|
NEWSLETTER
|
| Join the GlobalSecurity.org mailing list |
|
|
|
