Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s statements that … He suggested that NATO launch pre-emptive strikes Against Russia, he “confirms the need” for what he called a “special operation” in Ukraine, to which Kiev promptly responded, noting that the Ukrainian president’s statements on a “preemptive strike” referred to the imposition of sanctions.
In a discussion with the Lowy Institute, an Australian think tank, Zelensky said he believes it Strikes are necessary to prevent any use of nuclear weapons. He did not go into detail on the type of attacks he intended, nor did he indicate the need for nuclear strikes.
Lavrov explained in a speech to the United Russia Party that NATO supports the Ukrainian president to confront Russia and impose hegemony, stressing that the West has a responsibility to supply arms to the Kiev regime.
Lavrov added: “Yesterday Zelensky invited Westerners to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on Russia. In this way, this man gave further proof to the whole world of the threats coming from the Kiev regime, that the special military operation was launched to neutralize “.
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“We have warned NATO countries of the consequences of supplying arms to Ukraine,” Lavrov stressed, stressing that Russia’s position on nuclear deterrence has not changed.
“We once again warn the United States and the other sponsors of the Kiev regime against further involvement in the issue as parties to the conflict. As for us, as we have repeatedly clarified, our military doctrine and the basis of state policy in the field of nuclear deterrence has not changed, “he said.
Lavrov noted that “the Kiev regime’s appetite is growing” and that Zelensky “has begun to dictate his terms to NATO and the European Union”, warning that the Kiev regime’s actions aim to create risks in the use of different types of weapons of mass destruction.
In response to Lavrov’s comments, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s spokesman said the president was referring to sanctions against Russia when he said preemptive strikes were needed to prevent any use of nuclear weapons.
“Guys, you went too far with your nuclear hysteria,” spokesman Serhiy Nikiforov wrote on Facebook.
He added: “It was necessary to take precautionary measures to prevent Russia from starting the war. And let me remind you that the only measures that would have been taken at that time were precautionary sanctions,” noting that the innuendo about the use of nuclear weapons. ” it was produced only by the state of Russia “.
Before the European leaders gathered in Prague Zelensky asked to continue providing military assistance To Kiev so that “the Russian tanks do not advance towards Warsaw or Prague”.
He also called on NATO countries to launch pre-emptive strikes against Russia and not wait for Russian nuclear strikes, and Zelensky said the Russian president would not be able to save his life if he used nuclear weapons.
Moscow attacked the statements of the Ukrainian president and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said so Such declarations are nothing more than an invitation to start a new world war With brutal and unexpected repercussions “.
But Kiev made it clear that its president was talking about pre-emptive sanctions, not nuclear strikes.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova believed that the West is triggering a nuclear war in the hands of Vladimir Zelensky, who has become heavily armed and turned into a monster that could destroy the planet with his own hands.
