{"id":261905,"date":"2022-12-02T07:30:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T07:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261905"},"modified":"2022-12-04T08:55:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-04T08:55:53","slug":"russias-lavrov-slams-us-nato-for-directly-participating-in-ukraine-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=261905","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s Lavrov slams US, NATO for \u2018directly participating\u2019 in Ukraine war"},"content":{"rendered":"

By AP \u2013 Times of Israel Dec 1, 2022<\/strong><\/h1>\n

Russia\u2019s foreign minister on Thursday accused the West of becoming directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine by supplying it with weapons and training its soldiers.<\/p>\n

Sergey Lavrov also said that Russia\u2019s strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities and other key infrastructure that have left millions without power, heating, and water were intended to weaken Ukraine\u2019s military potential and derail the shipments of Western weapons.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t say that the US and NATO aren\u2019t taking part in this war, you are directly participating in it,\u201d Lavrov said in a video call with reporters. \u201cAnd not just by providing weapons but also by training personnel. You are training their military on your territory, on the territories of Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the barrage of Russian missile strikes was intended to \u201cknock out energy facilities that allow you to keep pumping deadly weapons into Ukraine in order to kill the Russians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe infrastructure that is targeted by those attacks is used to ensure the combat potential of the Ukrainian armed forces and the nationalist battalions,\u201d Lavrov said.<\/p>\n

Ukraine and the West have accused Russia of targeting key civilian infrastructure in order to reduce morale and force Ukraine into peace talks on Moscow\u2019s conditions.<\/p>\n

Lavrov insisted that Moscow remains open for talks on ending the conflict. \u201cWe never asked for talks but always said that we are ready to listen to those who are interested in a negotiated settlement,\u201d Lavrov said.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has urged Ukraine to acknowledge Crimea, which Moscow annexed from Ukraine in 2014, as part of Russia and recognize other land gains that Russia has made since sending its troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24. It also has continued to push for guarantees that Ukraine wouldn\u2019t join NATO, along with vaguely formulated \u201cdemilitarization\u201d and \u201cdenazification\u201d goals.<\/p>\n

Asked if a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Joe Biden is possible, Lavrov responded that \u201cwe don\u2019t shun contacts\u201d but added that \u201cwe haven\u2019t yet heard any serious ideas yet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lavrov said that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has raised the issue of US citizens imprisoned in Russia in a phone call, but noted that Putin and Biden agreed to set up a separate channel of communication between special services to discuss the issue when they met in Geneva in June 2021.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s working and I hope that some results will be achieved,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The Biden administration has been trying for months to negotiate the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner and another American jailed in Russia, Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, including through a possible prisoner swap with Moscow.<\/p>\n

Commenting on Russia\u2019s decision to postpone a round of nuclear arms control talks with the United States that was scheduled for this week, Lavrov argued that \u201cit\u2019s impossible to discuss strategic stability nowadays while ignoring everything that is happening in Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal has been announced to defeat Russia on the battlefield or even destroy Russia,\u201d he said. \u201cHow can the goal of defeating Russia not bear significance for strategic stability, considering that they want to destroy a key strategic stability actor?\u201d<\/p>\n

During the online news conference that lasted for 2\u00bd hours, Lavrov ranted against the US and its NATO allies, accusing them of trampling on international law while trying to isolate and destroy Russia.<\/p>\n

He claimed that the US has tried to discourage other countries, including India, from maintaining close ties with Russia, but those attempts have failed.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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