Russian Foreign Minister: "NATO's Involvement in Ukraine Crisis Will Increase Risk of Nuclear War"

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Sergey Lavrov, Russia's Foreign Minister, said on the 29th (local time) that NATO's involvement in the Ukraine crisis will increase the threat of nuclear war.

In an interview with Al Arabiya on the same day, Minister Lavrov stated, "We do not consider ourselves to be at war with NATO," explaining that a clash between Russia and NATO would increase the risk of nuclear war. Despite military support for Ukraine from the United States and other NATO allies, Russia still does not regard NATO as a war adversary.

He added, "Unfortunately, NATO seems to consider itself at war with Russia," and said, "NATO, the United States, and European leaders openly say that Putin (Vladimir Putin, President of Russia) must fail and Russia must be defeated."

In an interview with Xinhua News Agency on the 30th, he argued that if the United States and NATO want to resolve the Ukraine crisis, they must stop supplying weapons and ammunition to Ukraine. He also emphasized that Russia's 'special military operation' in Ukraine is proceeding strictly according to plan.

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