SOLNECHNOGORSK /Moscow Region/, July 28. /TASS/. Russia is fighting against the entire collective West alone for the first time in history, against an adversary that is dead-set on destroying the country, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said, addressing the Terra Scientia National Educational Youth Forum.
The top Russian diplomat said that he sees Nazism making a comeback in the West, but despite this, Russia is ready for dialogue with any reasonable voices left in Western countries. Moscow’s main demands to the West are that NATO stop expanding towards Russian borders, and that realities on the ground be acknowledged in the Ukraine conflict.
TASS has gathered the key takeaways from what the Russian foreign minister said.
For the first time in history, Russia is fighting against the entire West alone: "We’ve got a lot on our plate. Our main task is to defeat the enemy. For the first time in history, Russia is fighting alone against the entire West. During World Wars I and II, we had allies. Now, we have no allies on the battlefield. So we must rely on ourselves, and there is no room for weakness."
The West demands Russia immediately cease fire and leave things where they are in order to give "a respite" to Ukraine, allowing it to be rearmed. "I think with each passing day, we can see that the Europeans really want to inflict a defeat on us."
