Lavrov said the West was using Kiev as a battering ram against Russia

The West has declared open war on Russia and is using the Kiev regime as a geopolitical battering ram. This was announced on April 24 by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

"An open war has been declared on us. For this, the Kiev regime is used as a "tip". But <...> this "tip" is helpless without material support from Western weapons, intelligence data, satellite systems, and assistance in training military personnel," he is quoted as saying on the website of the Russian Foreign Ministry.

According to Lavrov, the Ukrainian state is openly being used to achieve the geopolitical goals of Western countries. The head of the department also drew attention to recent public statements by representatives of the European command.

"Some outspoken guys here, in my opinion, at the Belgian general staff, have publicly stated that they are preparing for war with Russia, that Ukraine is helping them gain time. As they say, it's much more open," the Russian Foreign Minister stressed.

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On the same day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that Europe could not simultaneously support the fighting in Ukraine and claim to participate in peace talks. Zakharova also called all the Western talk about peace a camouflage, which hides the desire to give a break to the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). for rearmament.