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In a decisive speech at the UN General Assembly, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that Moscow has no plans to attack EU or Nato countries. He cautioned, however, against any "aggression" towards Russia, promising a strong response if provoked. This statement comes amidst growing tensions and accusations against Russia from Western nations.

 

Lavrov criticised Western nations for increasingly common threats directed at Russia, dismissing allegations that Moscow was planning an attack on the North Atlantic Alliance or the European Union. The statement reaffirmed President Putin’s stance, denying any intentions of aggression against these bodies. Lavrov's speech also tackled various geopolitical crises, condemning Israel for what he described as unjustified violence against Palestinians, while simultaneously acknowledging the need to oppose Hamas.

 

Recent incidents involving Russian drones allegedly entering European airspace have further strained relations, particularly with Denmark. reported drones over its airports, while Estonia accused Russian warplanes of violating its airspace. Nato's response included a defence mission over Poland to counteract these alleged incursions. US President Donald Trump suggested Nato nations should consider shooting down Russian aircraft violating airspace, escalating the rhetoric further.

 

Lavrov also criticised Western approaches towards Iran, following failed diplomatic efforts by Russia and China to delay upcoming sanctions. These sanctions are due to be enforced shortly, adding another layer of complexity to the already tense international relations. In his remarks on US-Russia relations, Lavrov noted a desire from Washington to resolve the Ukrainian crisis without ideological bias, hinting at potential pragmatic cooperation.

 

 

 

Key Takeaways:

 

• Lavrov states Russia does not intend to attack EU or Nato.
• Incidents involving Russian drones heighten regional tensions.
• Upcoming sanctions on Iran add further diplomatic strain.

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  Adapted by ASEAN Now from BBC 2025-09-29

 

 

 

And if those plans did exist, he would announce them?

They also lied about invading Ukraine...

 

https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-war-russia-did-not-attack-ukraine-says-lavrov-after-meeting-kuleba

 

Lavrov also said Russia had no plans to attack any other country.

"We do not plan to attack other countries; we did not attack Ukraine either. However, we just explained to Ukraine repeatedly that a situation posed direct security threats to the Russian Federation," he said.

2 hours ago, JakeC said:

They also lied about invading Ukraine...

 

https://www.euronews.com/2022/03/10/ukraine-war-russia-did-not-attack-ukraine-says-lavrov-after-meeting-kuleba

 

Lavrov also said Russia had no plans to attack any other country.

"We do not plan to attack other countries; we did not attack Ukraine either. However, we just explained to Ukraine repeatedly that a situation posed direct security threats to the Russian Federation," he said.

He really had the gall to say that???OMG that’s delusional!!!im calling bs on they’re not having plans against nato of course they do.

Lavrov the liar.

Now I'm relieved. Lavrov is always honest and reliable.

Well , that is disappointing.

I hoped they had plans to throw some on brussels

when the eu and nato have meetings.

Message is clear - and that is what I like with Lavrov - "we shall retaliate and respond but we are not the ones starting a conflict with the EU or any country - anywhere! 

Might put those hot air fans in Brussels and the sweet heart of Von der Leyen into the limelight for teasing the Russians for years! 

Saying they have no plans is part of the plan....

Any world power that does not have plans to attack potential enemies are guilty of negligence. The USA has them, and don't deny it. Does Lavrov think Russian military will just make it up as they go along? It is an insult to the intelligence of anyone with a 6th grade education to expect him to be believed

Having no plans today, does not mean they can not do it tomorrow if they feel like, right?

It's awfully nice of the Russians to clear up this issue. See? And all these Poles, Balts, Swedes, Fins and Germans so worried for nothing. I bet they feel foolish now.

 

5 hours ago, Emdog said:

Saying they have no plans is part of the plan....

Any world power that does not have plans to attack potential enemies are guilty of negligence. The USA has them, and don't deny it. Does Lavrov think Russian military will just make it up as they go along? It is an insult to the intelligence of anyone with a 6th grade education to expect him to be believed

This may be splitting hairs, but there’s a distinction between having *plans* for any military contingency, however deep in the bowels of a country’s Defense Department these plans may be stowed away, and making a public pronouncement that one has no *intention* of military action, which (as I understand it) is what Lavrov did.

 

Of course, I wouldn’t trust Lavrov as far as I can spit, nor would I trust the Americans, who of course have war-gamed everything from full conflict with China to the occupation of Greenland and Panama ...

5 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

Message is clear - and that is what I like with Lavrov - "we shall retaliate and respond but we are not the ones starting a conflict with the EU or any country - anywhere! 

Might put those hot air fans in Brussels and the sweet heart of Von der Leyen into the limelight for teasing the Russians for years! 

But they did start a conflict with Ukraine! 

 

So the message is very clear: Lavrov is lying!

19 hours ago, candide said:

But they did start a conflict with Ukraine! 

 

So the message is very clear: Lavrov is lying!

Not quite Sir, the civil war in Ukraine goes back to 2014 with a well hidden genocide as we know. The Russians were teased ever since the re-unification of German's communist German Demoractic Republic (GDR) with West Germany. That meant that GDR left the Warsaw Pact to join NATO, as West Germany is a NATO member. 
The unification and subsequent release of GDR into NATO, under the watchful eyes of the Americans, was agreed upon between Kohl (West German Chancellor) and his foreign minister Genscher, the Soviet Secy General Gorbachev and his foreign minister Shevardnadze, the NATO Secy General Wörner in Minsk. The Soviet condition to their agreement was, that NATO would not expand any further to the East; that was the agreement 30 years ago. 

Warsaw Pact collapsed 2009, the NATO expansion went unhindered East and has all the hand-writing of short-changing USSR/Russia oncemore again. In October 1962 US President Kennedy promised USSR Secy General Khrushchev to close the US military bases in Italy and Turkey .... provided the Soviets would withdraw from Cuba. Khrushchev left Cuba and the US did not do a thing which brought Khrushchev's career - who lost face big time among the Comrades - to a screeching end at the Kremlin. 

Fast forward 20 years ahead, a tit-for-tat deal again and NATO did not stick to their part of the commitment. Putin walks into the Kremlin 20+ years ago and is meanwhile the longest serving sparring partner in this story. If you are aware that Putin is not Russian but a Soviet by mindset (he spent his formative years as a Soviet; more than half his life (40 years) as a Soviet and has seen it all. 

Well, if you ask me, you can tease something or somebody so and so long until the dam breaks and the dam broke 3 ½ years ago. Arguably he could have resorted to non-violent methods like switching off the gas supplies to the West due to "maintenance work on the pipelines" which could take years. But given spineless European leadership, the puppetmistress Von der Leyen and her puppets across the road at NATO ........ 

To conclude, listen very very very careful, what Russians say as in most cases they are patient until they had it - and in this case I can understand Russia in general and Putin in particular. 

Game over soon - for Ukraine and plenty of reparation business for the West on behest of the West and paid for by the Ukrainians with wheat supplies for the coming 50 years or similar - see Iraq where oil flows as barter pay-back for the next decades ........ 

2 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Not quite Sir, the civil war in Ukraine goes back to 2014 with a well hidden genocide as we know. The Russians were teased ever since the re-unification of German's communist German Demoractic Republic (GDR) with West Germany. That meant that GDR left the Warsaw Pact to join NATO, as West Germany is a NATO member. 
The unification and subsequent release of GDR into NATO, under the watchful eyes of the Americans, was agreed upon between Kohl (West German Chancellor) and his foreign minister Genscher, the Soviet Secy General Gorbachev and his foreign minister Shevardnadze, the NATO Secy General Wörner in Minsk. The Soviet condition to their agreement was, that NATO would not expand any further to the East; that was the agreement 30 years ago. 

Warsaw Pact collapsed 2009, the NATO expansion went unhindered East and has all the hand-writing of short-changing USSR/Russia oncemore again. In October 1962 US President Kennedy promised USSR Secy General Khrushchev to close the US military bases in Italy and Turkey .... provided the Soviets would withdraw from Cuba. Khrushchev left Cuba and the US did not do a thing which brought Khrushchev's career - who lost face big time among the Comrades - to a screeching end at the Kremlin. 

Fast forward 20 years ahead, a tit-for-tat deal again and NATO did not stick to their part of the commitment. Putin walks into the Kremlin 20+ years ago and is meanwhile the longest serving sparring partner in this story. If you are aware that Putin is not Russian but a Soviet by mindset (he spent his formative years as a Soviet; more than half his life (40 years) as a Soviet and has seen it all. 

Well, if you ask me, you can tease something or somebody so and so long until the dam breaks and the dam broke 3 ½ years ago. Arguably he could have resorted to non-violent methods like switching off the gas supplies to the West due to "maintenance work on the pipelines" which could take years. But given spineless European leadership, the puppetmistress Von der Leyen and her puppets across the road at NATO ........ 

To conclude, listen very very very careful, what Russians say as in most cases they are patient until they had it - and in this case I can understand Russia in general and Putin in particular. 

Game over soon - for Ukraine and plenty of reparation business for the West on behest of the West and paid for by the Ukrainians with wheat supplies for the coming 50 years or similar - see Iraq where oil flows as barter pay-back for the next decades ........ 

It's not a civil war.

It's a Russian invasion and occupation with genocidal intentions.

21 hours ago, Cameroni said:

It's awfully nice of the Russians to clear up this issue. See? And all these Poles, Balts, Swedes, Fins and Germans so worried for nothing. I bet they feel foolish now.

 

Russian officials lie almost as much as Trump.

On 9/29/2025 at 8:52 AM, FlorC said:

Well , that is disappointing.

I hoped they had plans to throw some on brussels

when the eu and nato have meetings.

You've picked a side. Kudos for not trying to hide it.

On 9/28/2025 at 7:17 PM, Tug said:

He really had the gall to say that???OMG that’s delusional!!!im calling bs on they’re not having plans against nato of course they do.

Hoping some western suckers are buying his garbage.

Sadly, there always are many that do. 

On 9/29/2025 at 8:52 AM, FlorC said:

Well , that is disappointing.

I hoped they had plans to throw some on brussels

when the eu and nato have meetings.

Aaaah, another Red under the bed on here.............😒

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

It's not a civil war.

It's a Russian invasion and occupation with genocidal intentions.

It is a civil war between those Ukrainians who want to be under the Russian umbrella  (due to culture and language which is very similar to Ukrainian) and those who do NOT want to. 
The genocide goes back to 2014 - for those in the know - and the Russian invasion started on 24 February 2022. 

On 9/29/2025 at 9:45 AM, Emdog said:

Does Lavrov think Russian military will just make it up as they go along?

Um, well that does seem to be the case with their invasion of Ukraine. Currently going from bad to worse for the Russians and from OK to better 'n better for the Ukrainians.

Now we can sleep assured.

If an honorable gentleman like Lavrov guarantees.

As trustworthy as the Hitler Stalin pact.

 

Waiting for their next victim, Moldova.

17 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Waiting for their next victim, Moldova.

At least the russians failed to influence the vote in Moldova.

 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/29/moldovas-pro-eu-party-wins-key-polls-after-russian-meddling-claims-a90647

 

 

12 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

At least the russians failed to influence the vote in Moldova.

 

https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/29/moldovas-pro-eu-party-wins-key-polls-after-russian-meddling-claims-a90647

 

 

Yes, God knows they tried.

I wonder what Vance would say.

Before Trump's apparent 180 on Russia-Ukraine (if you really believe it as it's words without actions) Vance would have actively been trying to help the pro-Russian parties as he did in Germany.

44 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

It is a civil war between those Ukrainians who want to be under the Russian umbrella  (due to culture and language which is very similar to Ukrainian) and those who do NOT want to. 
The genocide goes back to 2014 - for those in the know - and the Russian invasion started on 24 February 2022. 

Putin thanks you for spreading his propaganda.

Being a Russian speaking Ukranian (as is Zelenskyy) is NOT equivalent to supporting Russia over Ukraine.

But simple-minded people buy such garbage.

 

19 minutes ago, Schoggibueb said:

At least the russians failed to influence the vote in Moldova

Failed drastically.

All the Russian threats, fake factories, sending troublemakers / agent provocateurs didn't work.

The talking horse 🐴 talks nothing but horse $hit🤔

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

Russian officials lie almost as much as Trump.

 

Politicians lie? My God since when???

3 hours ago, Sydebolle said:

It is a civil war between those Ukrainians who want to be under the Russian umbrella  (due to culture and language which is very similar to Ukrainian) and those who do NOT want to. 
The genocide goes back to 2014 - for those in the know - and the Russian invasion started on 24 February 2022. 

Speaking Russian — or sharing some cultural ties — doesn’t make you automatically loyal to Moscow.
No more than Spanish speakers in the U.S. are loyal to Madrid, or English speakers in America are loyal to London.

This isn’t a ‘civil war.’ It’s a foreign invasion. It began in 2014, when Russia sent its ‘little green men’ into Crimea and Donbas — then escalated to a full-scale assault on 24 February 2022.
 

The only ‘genocides’ in Ukraine’s modern history? The Holodomor under Stalin — and Putin’s war today.

On 9/29/2025 at 8:52 AM, FlorC said:

Well , that is disappointing.

I hoped they had plans to throw some on brussels

when the eu and nato have meetings.

 

Why were we surprised when Russian invaded Ukraine, we had been pushing Russia further and further into a corner over the last few decades surrounding them with NATO nations who are against Russia, with Ukraine wanting to join.

 

I suppose when the Germans for example were trying to invade the UK in the 2nd WW we should have just sat on our hands and let them?