politics
April 19, 2026
Russia's patience not limitless as West crosses red lines
Lavrov warns Russia’s restraint is not weakness as Kiev and Western backers keep crossing Moscow’s “red lines.”
TL;DR
- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Russia's patience is not limitless.
- He accused the West of pushing Ukraine into a wider conflict and repeatedly crossing Moscow's "red lines."
- Lavrov cautioned against dismissing Russia as a "paper tiger," emphasizing its capacity to respond.
- He suggested that defining exact red lines is deliberately avoided, acting as a deterrent.
- Lavrov stated that the West has been preparing for a war against Russia for years through Ukraine.
- He described European NATO members as the main drivers of the crisis and the bloc as an "aggressive bloc."
- Russia insists that any settlement must address NATO expansion and Ukraine's military alignment with the West.
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