# Lavrov says West destroyed European security system in bid to contain Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/75461

- TASS, 2026-09-26 18:04 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2193377

> Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the UN General Assembly’s 81st session that the West destroyed Europe’s security system while seeking to contain Russia. He said the West pursued what he called the utopian goal of containment and fostered a Russophobic regime in Kyiv.

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