“This figure, in fact, presented to the whole world yet another evidence of the threats that come from the Kyiv regime, to neutralize which a special military operation was launched,” he said at a meeting of the commission of the General Council of the United Russia party.
Lavrov called ridiculous attempts by Zelensky's representatives to say that he meant something else.
“We all remember how back in January he announced Ukraine’s desire to possess nuclear weapons, therefore, this thought has long and deeply settled in him,” the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry emphasized.
Earlier, Zelensky said that NATO countries should launch preemptive strikes against Russia to prevent Moscow from using nuclear weapons.
The official representative of the UN Secretary General, Stéphane Dujarric, said that the UN position on the unacceptability of even a discussion of a nuclear conflict remains the same.