The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble — Lavrov (VIDEOS)
Harold Turner | “The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble. Western countries are like small children playing with matches.” — Lavrov | The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, again warned the United States and the West that they are "playing with fire" - and specifically mentions nuclear weapons - as they encourage Ukraine to invade Russia. ■ In [a] video with English sub-titles Lavrov tells reporters "The West does not want to avoid escalation. The West is looking for trouble. Western countries are like small children playing with matches.” He specifically references people doing this when nuclear weapons are involved ■ So that readers are aware that Lavrov did not mis-speak, he reiterated his remarks at a full blown press conference. Lavrov makes clear Russia is viewing developments in Ukraine as having potential for "World War 3"if the US and NATO continue causing Ukraine to escalate, Americans THINK they're safe across the ocean, [but they're not]. ■ Meanwhile, on the battlefield, Ukraine is collapsing. The Russians are making very significant gains in territory and Ukraine is running out of weapons and ammunition.
[...] It seems that Ukraine is deliberately escalating to cause...something...to take place that causes NATO to actually enter the conflict and begin fighting Russia. Apparently, to that end, former President Volodymyr Zelensky, whose Presidential Term of Office expired in May, publicly stated "Ukraine has developed new ballistic missiles which will destroy something important in Moscow. Then, Ukraine will issue an ultimatum "Leave Ukraine or we will destroy Moscow and St. Petersburg."