West considers Ukraine a platform to confront Russia, says Lavrov

Moscow, (ST) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed yesterday that the Russian special operation in Ukraine aims to put an end to Washington’s approach to world domination.

In an interview with Russia 24 Channel, Lavrov said that, “our special military operation aims to put an end to the expansion of the United States and its reckless approach that seeks complete hegemony with the rest of the Western countries subject to it in the international arena.” He added that this is taking place in light of violations of international law and according to vague rules developed by the West.

 Lavrov stressed that Russia will accept only equal conditions of indivisible security.

Lavrov strongly criticized the statement of the European Union foreign policy Chief Josep Borrellon the inevitability of a military solution to the conflict in Ukraine, describing it as out of the ordinary and dramatically changing the rules of the game.

Lavrov said that Borrell’s statement indicates that Kiev has been taken as a starting point to target Russia and try to subjugate it, and it constitutes a very dangerous inflection even in the policy pursued by the European Union and the West as a whole under the leadership of the United States, a policy that reflects anger and even ferocity in some aspects.

Lavrov pointed out that this position is not determined by Ukraine as much as it stems from the fact that they have begun to turn Ukraine into a springboard to finally subjugate Russia to that world order that the West was building.

Lavrov stressed that Russia’s history and traditions prove that it is one of the countries that never settles for a dependent status and can only be a member of the international community under equal conditions of indivisible security.

Raghda Sawas