Russian foreign minister: World War III ‘real’ danger
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian state media on Monday that there is a “real” danger of a third world war.
However, Russia would find such a war intolerable, he says. Russia also wants to reduce the ‘artificial’ risks of nuclear war.
“The danger is serious, it is real, you cannot underestimate it,” Lavrov told the Russian state news agency Interfax about the possibility of a new world war.
Lavrov said that an agreement will be reached with Ukraine anyway, but that the content of that agreement depends on the military situation.
According to the foreign minister, Kiev is only pretending that they are negotiating. “Benevolence has limitations. If it’s not mutual, it won’t help the negotiation process,” Lavrov said. Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky would be “a good actor”, according to the minister. “But if you focus on what he says, he contradicts himself thousands of times.” Despite this, he says that Russia is continuing its peace talks with Ukraine.