sergei lavrov that western arms shipments to ukraine mean that nato is in essence engaged in war with russia lavrov s trademark over the course of, what is it, sort of 15 years or so, that he s been the russian foreign secretary, has been that sort of bravado. i don t think that right now there is an imminent threat of escalation. i think what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine is very well calibrated. i think that, throughout the conflict and in the months beforehand, there were these moments where russia sought to remind the west, or threaten the west, that to support ukrainian sovereignty would be to risk seeing this expand. everything we do is calibrated to avoid direct confrontation with russia. russian forces withdrew from northern ukraine at the beginning of april, but occasional shelling continues in border areas. the village of senkivka was once
war with russia. as nato continues to pour more weapons into ukraine, the uk will do the same. ambulances and armoured vehicles on their way as this conflict enters its third month. the hope now is the united nations can help secure more humanitarian corridors to allow more civilians to flee the fighting. uk armed forces minister, james heappey, has dismissed claims from russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov that western arms shipments to ukraine mean that nato is in essence engaged in war with russia . lavrov s trademark over the course of, what is it, sort of 15 years or so, that he s been the russian foreign secretary, has been that sort of bravado. i don t think that right now there is an imminent threat of escalation. i think what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine
ukraine is fighting a war of necessity, to defend its democracy, its sovereignty and its citizens. but the stakes reach beyond ukraine and even beyond europe. russia s invasion is baseless, reckless and lawless. earlier, armed forces minister james heappey dismissed claims from russian foreign minister sergei lavrov that western arms shipments to ukraine mean that nato is in essence engaged in war with russia . lavrov s trademark over the course of, what is it, sort of 15 years or so, that he s been the russian foreign secretary, has been that sort of bravado. i don t think that right now, there is an imminent threat of escalation. i think that what the west is doing to support its allies in ukraine is very well calibrated.