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Building in Mariupol, Ukraine was destroyed in the first days of the Russian invasion. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says his country is at war with the United States. Photo/REUTERS
In an interview with Channel OneMoscow’s top diplomat said the “collective West,” led by the United States, had declared war on Russia in 2014.
He framed the Kremlin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine as part of a larger conflict. According to him, Russia is actually a long-term victim of Western aggression.
“The Western collectivity, which is led by nuclear powers – the United States – is at war with us,” Lavrov said, as reported by news agencies TAXFriday (30/12/2022).
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“This war was declared on us a long time ago, after the coup in Ukraine orchestrated by the United States and, in fact, supported by the European Union,” Lavrov said, referring to the 2014 Maidan Revolution, the popular uprising that pro-Kremlin Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych overthrown.
Moscow says the 2014 uprising, in which more than 100 anti-government protesters were killed, was a coup d’état planned and executed by US and European intelligence agencies.
Yanukovych was forced out of office by a broad coalition of political groups and activists after he unexpectedly abandoned political associations and a free trade agreement with the European Union in favor of closer ties with Russia and the European Union Eurasian economy.
Yanukovych eventually fled Ukraine and took refuge in Russia. The former president has been touted as someone Moscow would want to lead a puppet regime in Kiev if the current Russian invasion is successful.
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