The potential of nuclear war “should not be underestimated”. According to the Kremlin’s top diplomat, the Western arms shipments were appropriate targets.
On Tuesday, the US encouraged allies to provide military aid to Ukraine. Putting the conflict between the West and the Kremlin back in the limelight; after Russia warned of the “serious” threat of World War III.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin promised to “move heaven and earth” to assist Kyiv win the war. He said this in a conference of NATO defence chiefs at a US Air Force installation in Germany,
His earlier remarks, that the US wants Russia to be so militarily crippled by the fight that it can’t launch another strike; elicited an apparent response from the Kremlin.
The potential of nuclear war “should not be underestimated”. According to Moscow’s top diplomat, who also said that Western arms shipments were acceptable targets, accusing NATO of effectively “entering into a fight with Russia through proxies.”
As Ukraine’s allies hurry to deliver heavy weaponry and equipment to confront Moscow’s military push in the country’s east and south, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov’s recent verbal escalation highlighted the risks.
