Lavrov says Russia will use ‘all means’ to defend its interests

Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, during an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia’s top diplomat said in an interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson released on Friday that Moscow does not want a war with the United States but will use “all means” to defend its interests.

Sergei Lavrov argued that while Russia and the US 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.