Thu Apr 28, 2022 – 4:10 pm EDT
MOSCOW (LifeSiteNews) — Russia has warned of a potential third world war amid increasing western support for Ukraine.
“The risks are really considerable … the danger is serious, real, and we must not underestimate it,” Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday on Russian television.
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Lavrov’s comment came in response to a question about a potential third world war and whether the current situation between Russia and Ukraine was comparable to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis.
The interview was aired just a few hours after a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv.
During the meeting, Austin promised more military assistance to Ukraine and said he wanted to “see Russia weakened to the degree that it can’t do the kinds of things that it has done in invading Ukraine.”
The following day, Austin welcomed officials from than 40 countries to Ramstein Air Base in Germany, saying that “nations from around the world stand united in our resolve to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia’s imperial aggression.”
“Ukraine clearly believes that it can win, and
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