“I have read a lot in the American and European press about what links the Joe Biden family to Ukraine, so such attention on his part to the current situation is not surprising,” he said in an interview with the Italian broadcaster Mediaset.
In addition to personal interest, we can talk about Washington's understanding of the failure of a long-term strategy to turn Ukraine into a real threat to the Russian Federation, Lavrov added.
According to him, the plan was that Ukraine and Russia would never be together and not be on good terms.
“By and large, this is not Joe Biden.
When the Soviet Union collapsed, the entire American elite was guided by the “testament” of Zbigniew Brzezinski, who said Russia without Ukraine is true, a regional power that is nothing serious,” Lavrov recalled.
The head of the Foreign Ministry added that the United States was guided by the same logic, pumping Ukraine with offensive weapons and encouraging its militarization with a frank anti-Russian bias.
“Many exercises were held on the territory of Ukraine.
The legend behind these exercises in 90% of cases was anti-Russian,” the minister said.
The fact that the United States wants to complete its “anti-Russia” project, as Russian President Vladimir Putin put it, is also seen in Moscow, Lavrov said.
“Statements began to be heard: “Russia must be defeated”, “we must defeat Russia”, “Ukraine must win”, “Russia must lose,” the Foreign Minister concluded.