Russia will quickly take “retaliatory measures” if the US and its allies reject its security demands over NATO and Ukraine, warns FM Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov again alleged the West is encouraging Ukraine to launch an offensive and rejected talk about an imminent Russian invasion as “hysterics.”
"If the West continues its aggressive course, Moscow will take the necessary retaliatory measures,” Lavrov said. He mocked fears of an imminent invasion, saying that “our Western colleagues have driven themselves up into a militarist frenzy." Lavrov responded merely that Moscow has close ties with those countries in the Western Hemisphere and is seeking to deepen them.Escalating tensions
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