# Lavrov: NATO and EU cannot publicly talk their way out of assisting Ukraine

https://mins.news/en/item/29683

- TASS, 2026-08-23 09:14 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2176613

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said NATO and EU countries would not be able to publicly distance themselves in advance from providing military aid to Ukraine and pursuing what he called a Russophobic line. He said Russia would take into account the actions of “openly Russophobic elites” in Britain, Brussels, Paris, Berlin and other NATO and EU countries.

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