Russian FM: Nobody Wants Nuclear War, But We Have Weapons with “Serious Consequences” for Ukraine 

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a September 20, 2024 interview on Sky News Arabia (UAE) that nobody wants nuclear war, but that Russia has weapons that are at full combat readiness and that if used, will have “serious consequences” for the rulers of the Ukrainian regime. He said that Russia’s relations with Iran, North Korea, or any other country are in keeping with international laws and commitments, regardless of any meaningless “lies” invented by the United States. In addition, he said that the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 invasion and massacres in southern Israel were clearly a “heinous” crime, but that Israel’s response, which he described as collective punishment against innocent people and a crime in response to a crime, has been “unacceptable.” Moreover, he criticized officials who say that Israel’s actions should be forgiven or tolerated because the Jews had been the victims of the Holocaust, and he said that this is a “very bad approach” that is comparable to the “exceptionalism” that characterized Hitler’s Nazi ideology.
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