The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has told the UK and Europe when Moscow will go to war with Europe and he accused Europe and Britain of being “openly destructive” over the peace proposal they made to Washington.
Lavrov said on Wednesday, “As the President [Putin] emphasised, we have no intention of going to war with Europe.
“We have no such intention.
“But we will respond to any hostile steps, including the deployment of European military contingents in Ukraine and the expropriation of Russian assets.”
In turn this will be a red line for the Kremlin, implying this would trigger World War III.
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The Foreign Minister warned Russian is “already prepared for this response” should NATO boots be deployed in Ukraine once the war is over.
“Russian diplomacy clearly understands the stakes.
“It is working to support the president’s efforts to reliably ensure Russia‘s security on its western borders.”
This could be a direct threat to NATO members, such as Norway, Finland, Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania who border Russia.
Lavrov said, “We appreciate President Trump’s commitment to dialogue and to resolving the conflict in Ukraine through political and diplomatic means.”
Lavrov said that the US President is “the only Western leader who cares about human rights in this situation.”
He added, “The key is the fundamental understanding that a sustainable settlement is impossible without addressing the root causes of the crisis.
“These root causes are well known, and President Putin has repeatedly addressed them.
“Despite the need to acknowledge the reality, London, the leadership of the European Commission in Brussels, and most NATO and EU member states maintain an openly destructive position on the Ukrainian issue.
“Having invested all their political capital, whatever it is, in a war with Russia, using the hands and bodies of Ukrainian citizens, they remain hopelessly politically blind, deluding themselves into believing they can somehow defeat our country.”
The Russian Foreign Minister claims that Moscow wants a “political” solution, he warned that if Vladimir Putin’s red lines are no met, this will involve “military technical means.”
Putin’s red lines are simple, he wants all the territory of the Donbas, Ukraine is not allowed to join NATO, Kyiv must reduce their military forces by half, have no missiles and no Western troops are allowed to operate in Ukraine once the war ends.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said they will not cede land, this is a red line for Putin.
