Foreign minister: Russia will use 'all means' to defend interests

Assuming that Russia's red lines can be crossed again and again is a very serious mistake, Sergey Lavrov said

- ASSOCIATED PRESS

Russia's top diplomat said in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released Friday that Moscow doesn't want a war with the United States but will use "all means" to defend its interests.

Sergey Lavrov argued that while Russia and the U.S. are officially not at war, Washington's permission for Ukraine to use American longer-range missiles for strikes on Russian territory marked a dangerous escalation.

"It is obvious that the Ukrainians would not be able to do what they're doing with long-range modern weapons without direct participation of the American servicemen. And this is dangerous, no doubt about this," he said, adding that the Western belief that Russia's red lines could be "moved again and again" is "a very serious mistake."