{"id":697,"date":"2025-07-28T14:07:36","date_gmt":"2025-07-28T14:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=697"},"modified":"2025-08-01T13:48:52","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:48:52","slug":"russia-alone-against-entire-west-for-first-time-in-history-lavrov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/07\/28\/russia-alone-against-entire-west-for-first-time-in-history-lavrov\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia alone against entire West for first time in history \u2013 Lavrov"},"content":{"rendered":"

The country has no other choice but to rely on itself, the foreign minister has said<\/strong><\/p>\n

Russia is fighting the West alone for the first time in history and must rely solely on its own strength, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the \u2018Territory of Meanings\u2019 forum on Monday, Lavrov highlighted the unprecedented geopolitical landscape Russia found itself in following the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022, which led to a heated stand-off with the West.<\/p>\n

\u201dThe main task is to defeat the enemy. For the first time in history, Russia is fighting alone against the entire West. In World War I and World War II, we had allies. Now we have no allies on the battlefield. So we must rely on ourselves and not allow any weakness,\u201d<\/em> he said.<\/p>\n

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Lavrov stressed that Russia will not back down from its core security demands which led to the Ukraine conflict. \u201cWe insist on what is our legitimate demand\u2026 no dragging Ukraine into NATO, no NATO expansion at all. It has already expanded right up to our borders, contrary to all promises and documents that were adopted,\u201d<\/em> he said, adding that a settlement of the conflict should also recognize the new territorial reality on the ground.<\/p>\n

Lavrov also likened the West\u2019s behavior to that of childhood bullies. \u201cWhen you\u2019re a kid messing around with other boys in the yard, sometimes a big kid, three or four years older, shows up and starts chasing the little ones,\u201d<\/em> he said. \u201cThat\u2019s roughly what the West is doing to everyone else right now.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Moscow has stated on a number of occasions that NATO expansion and Ukraine\u2019s aspirations to join the US-led military bloc were among the key reasons for the conflict. It has also warned that Western weapons deliveries to Ukraine only serve to prolong the hostilities without changing the outcome, while making NATO a direct party to the conflict.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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