Appearing on Russian state television, Lavrov reiterated Russia’s stance that it is fully legitimate for the country to target weapons in Ukraine that were put there by its Western allies. (Related: Evidence suggests that the Pentagon-run bioweapons laboratories in Ukraine were intended to attack Russia.)
While it may not have been the case previously, Lavrov now says that the risk of nuclear war is “considerable” because NATO just will not back down and stop the aggression.
“If NATO essentially engages in war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy, war means war,” Lavrov said. “I would not want to elevate those risks artificially. Many would like that. The danger is serious, real. And we must not underestimate it.”
In response, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin turned Lavrov’s statements around, insinuating that Russia is now threatening the United States and that this is “very dangerous and unhelpful.”
“Nobody wants to see a nuclear war happen,” Austin said. “It’s a war that all sides lose. And so, rattling of sabers and, you know, dangerous rhetoric is clearly unhelpful and something that we won’t engage in.”
What Austin failed to mention is that NATO members continue to flood Ukraine with increasingly deadlier weapons in order to confront Russia in both the east and the south, where the two countries have been involved in disputes for many years.
Germany, for instance, is sending “Gepard” anti-aircraft tanks to Ukraine in a notable policy shift that suggests NATO is the one escalating the situation, not Russia.
“Yesterday, we decided that Germany will make the delivery of ‘Gepard’ anti-aircraft tanks possible to Ukraine,” announced German Defense Minister Christina Lambrecht in a speech seen by Deutsche Welle.
Germany, Poland and the United States are also providing additional training to Ukraine to fight against Russia, which suggests that World War III is already in motion – it has just not yet seen the climax.
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