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On April 11, 2022 Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said,  

On April 11, 2022 Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said,  

{{quotebox-float|"Russia's military action in [[Ukraine]] is meant to put an end to the US-dominated world order…Our special military operation is also meant to put an end to the unabashed expansion of NATO and the unabashed drive towards full domination by the [[United States]] and its [[Western alliance|Western subjects]] on the world stage...This domination is built on gross violations of [[international law]] and under some rules, which they are now hyping so much and which they make up on a case-by-case basis”.<ref>https://www.india.com/news/world/russia-seeks-to-end-us-dominated-world-order-says-russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-5332644/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"Russia's military action in [[Ukraine]] is meant to put an end to the US-dominated world order…Our ppspecial military operation]] is also meant to put an end to the unabashed expansion of NATO and the unabashed drive towards full domination by the [[United States]] and its [[Western alliance|Western subjects]] on the world stage...This domination is built on gross violations of [[international law]] and under some rules, which they are now hyping so much and which they make up on a case-by-case basis”.<ref>https://www.india.com/news/world/russia-seeks-to-end-us-dominated-world-order-says-russian-foreign-minister-sergey-lavrov-5332644/</ref>}}

On July 20, 2022, in a lengthy interview with [[RT]] television, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Lavrov spelled out Russia's objectives which now had to be modified because of NATO aggressive actions in Ukraine:

On July 20, 2022, in a lengthy interview with [[RT]] television, Sputnik and Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency, Lavrov spelled out Russia's objectives which now had to be modified because of NATO aggressive actions in Ukraine:

{{quotebox-float|"This process continues, consistently and persistently. It will continue as long as [[the West]], in its impotent rage, desperate to aggravate the situation as much as possible, continues to flood Ukraine with more and more long-range weapons. Take the HIMARS. Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov boasts that they have already received 300-kilometre ammunition. This means our geographic objectives will move even further from the current line. We cannot allow the part of Ukraine that Vladimir Zelensky, or whoever replaces him, will control to have weapons that pose a direct threat to our territory or to the republics that have declared their independence and want to determine their own future."<ref>https://russische-botschaft.ru/de/2022/07/21/foreign-minister-sergey-lavrovs-interview-with-rt-television-sputnik-agency-and-rossiya-segodnya-international-information-agency-moscow-july-20-2022/</ref>}}

{{quotebox-float|"This process continues, consistently and persistently. It will continue as long as [[the West]], in its impotent rage, desperate to aggravate the situation as much as possible, continues to flood Ukraine with more and more long-range weapons. Take the HIMARS. Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov boasts that they have already received 300-kilometre ammunition. This means our geographic objectives will move even further from the current line. We cannot allow the part of Ukraine that Vladimir Zelensky, or whoever replaces him, will control to have weapons that pose a direct threat to our territory or to the republics that have declared their independence and want to determine their own future."<ref>https://russische-botschaft.ru/de/2022/07/21/foreign-minister-sergey-lavrovs-interview-with-rt-television-sputnik-agency-and-rossiya-segodnya-international-information-agency-moscow-july-20-2022/</ref>}}