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Russia hopes Oreshnik 'signal' to West 'taken seriously': Lavrov

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  • Source: Agencies
  • 6 Dec 2024 09:39
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The Russian foreign minister emphasizes that Russia's actions were meant to convey its readiness to employ "any means" to prevent a "strategic defeat".

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    In this photo released by the Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, gestures while speaking to journalists after a plenary session of the 31st Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Ministerial summit, in Ta'Qali, Malta, Thursday, December 5, 2024 (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Moscow expects its "signal" to the West, demonstrated through the use of its Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile, to be "taken seriously", Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

“We don't want to aggravate the situation in Ukraine), but since ATACMS and other long-range weapons are being used against mainland Russia, we are sending signals," Lavrov indicated in an interview aired late Thursday with US journalist Tucker Carlson in Moscow.

"We hope that the last one, a couple of weeks ago, the signal with the new weapon system called Oreshnik, was taken seriously," he said.

Lavrov highlighted that Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons would be impossible without the "direct participation" of US military personnel, describing the situation as "dangerous". He also emphasized that Russia's actions were meant to convey its readiness to employ "any means" to prevent a "strategic defeat".

“The message which we wanted to send by testing in real action this hypersonic system is that we will be ready to do anything to defend our legitimate interests. We hate to even think about war with the United States, which will take on a nuclear character,” the top Russian diplomat emphasized.

On November 21, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that an Oreshnik intermediate-range ballistic missile had struck a facility in Dnipro, Ukraine, in retaliation for Kiev's use of Western-supplied long-range weapons on Russian soil.

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“No NATO. Absolutely. No military bases, no military exercises on Ukrainian soil with the participation of foreign troops,” Lavrov stressed.

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"This is my impression. He's very friendly in discussions. But this does not mean that he's pro-Russian as some people try to present him. The amount of sanctions we received under the Trump administration was very big," he noted.

Lavrov added that Russia respects the American people’s choice in last month’s presidential election and is open to engaging with Trump after his inauguration.

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