“I dare to assure you that we have weapons that will have serious consequences for the owners of the Ukrainian regime. These weapons are available and are in full combat readiness,” he said (quoted by RIA Novosti).
Lavrov especially stressed that Russia does not want a nuclear war and considers it inappropriate to talk about when to press the “red button.”
He added that Moscow, speaking of “red lines”, hopes that these statements will be heard by “intelligent people who make decisions”.
It should be recalled that recently in the West there have been more and more statements that it is necessary to begin preparing for a direct armed confrontation with Russia, despite the fact that Moscow has no such intentions. These discussions took place against the background of discussions about the imminent permission of the allies to kyiv to strike deeply into Russia with Western weapons.
However, in February, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that NATO leaders are trying to intimidate the population of their countries with an imaginary threat from the Russian Federation.
“We continue to scare everyone: tomorrow Russia will use tactical nuclear weapons, tomorrow it will use this, no, the day after tomorrow… So what? These are just horror stories for ordinary people,” he said. The President also made it clear that the Russian Federation has no territorial claims against other countries.
