Sergej Lavrov: Rusko nepozastaví Špeciálnu vojenskú operáciu, pretože si je vedomé cielov' EU

We will not pause the special military operation for the duration of negotiations in any format. Although that is exactly what Europe wants. With the same simple goal of gaining a respite and replenishing the depleted military arsenals of the Kiev regime, which, out of desperation, has long since turned to overtly terrorist methods. One of the objectives of the special military operation, beyond unconditionally ensuring Russia’s security interests, is the full protection of the rights of Russians and Russian-speaking people not only in Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya, but also on the territory of Ukraine, where laws still remain in effect with the West's approval that totally ban the Russian language in all spheres: education, media, culture, and daily life—as well as banning the canonical Ukrainian Orthodox Church. These laws began to be adopted long before the special military operation, starting in 2017. >> Are you admitting that Russia is waging a hybrid, covert war against European countries? >> You mean when we destroy the drones and missiles that Britain and continental Europe supply to Ukraine, and they then fire them at us? Is that your conviction, >> for example? Well, if you admit that your weapons are being used to strike us and we are shooting them down, call it whatever you like. But the fact that this is a war that Europe is waging against us leaves no doubt in my mind. We have been talking about this for a long time. >> So you are accusing the West of using brute force? Yes. But >> I don’t recall using the phrase " brute force." >> You said that the West is resorting to brute force just >> recently. And what of it? And what of it? Was that "soft power"? Was what they did in Venezuela soft or brute force? Was what they did to the Nord Stream pipelines soft power or brute? >> Well, doesn't Russia resort to it? >> The fact that they bombed and destroyed the Iranian leadership along with their families, including children, is that not force? >> But doesn't Russia resort to brute force every day in Ukraine? If you mean the destruction of infrastructure used by the Nazi regime with Western support to wage war against the Russian Federation, then yes, we are resorting to brute force to suppress this direct threat.