🤡lavrov said russia wants Ukraine outside NATO, with a "neutral" status, and without the West "using" Ukraine "to create direct threats to the russian Federation." (AKA no weapons for Ukraine.)

lavrov 🫏 is essentially saying that russia wants Ukraine to capitulate. Then, russia would definitely say that they defeated the West - because Ukrainian defeat would mean a complete crash of the post-1945 global order and security system. It would mean that the international institutions were unable to do their job. It would mean that russia would definitely move forward and start new wars (and not just russia) - because it's seen firsthand that it's working.

If russia is not defeated in Ukraine, it will continue becoming an even larger and more serious threat.

@ukrainejournal