"Certainly, we cannot stay silent when it comes to the recent discussions on the possible use of nuclear weapons, and especially in this regard, we cannot draw a veil over the reckless actions of the Kiev regime, which are aimed at creating risks of the use of various types of weapons of mass destruction", the minister said.
"Yesterday, Zelensky called on his western masters to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on Russia. Thus, this figure, in fact, presented to the whole world more evidence of the threats that come from the Kiev regime, and to neutralize them a special military operation was launched," he said.
"As you know, a council of the so-called European Community was convened yesterday, it was an initiative of [French] President [Emmanuel] Macron, following which the head of EU diplomacy [Josep] Borrell announced, proudly announced that the process of forming a security structure without the participation of Russia is beginning. In general, they simply dance to the tune of Kiev and encourage the crazy fantasies of those who are still in power there," Lavrov said.
"We warn the United States and other sponsors of the Kiev regime against becoming more and more deeply involved in the situation as sides of the conflict," he said.