Russian Foreign Minister: "Military Facility Destruction Continues Even After Peace Agreement"

An apartment building in Irpin, Kyiv (Kiyev), the capital of Ukraine, suffered significant damage due to shelling by Russian forces on the 2nd (local time).
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Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, stated that even if a peace agreement is reached, Russia will continue to destroy Ukrainian military facilities.

According to AP News and others, Minister Lavrov expressed this position during a live press conference broadcast on Russian state television on the 3rd (local time).

He said that after sending a proposal for talks to Ukraine earlier this week, they are waiting for a response, and emphasized that even after the war currently taking place in Ukraine stops, they will completely eliminate Ukraine's military capabilities.

Minister Lavrov claimed that the West is continuously arming Ukraine, training soldiers, and building military bases to turn Ukraine into a defensive barrier against Russia, saying, "even if a peace agreement is signed, we will complete the 'demilitarization,' meaning the removal of military facilities that threaten Russia."

Regarding recent concerns about the possible use of nuclear weapons by Russia, Lavrov said, "Everyone knows that World War III would inevitably be a nuclear war," "and we firmly state here that we will not allow provocations that would cause us to lose our balance."

Minister Lavrov dismissed the nuclear crisis rhetoric as "Western hysteria" and repeated the claim that the West is responsible for escalating tensions. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deterrence forces, including nuclear weapons, to enter a "special combat duty mode" on the 27th of last month after extensive Western sanctions against Russia were imposed.

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