West makes serious mistake thinking Russia’s ‘red lines’ could be moved — Lavrov - TASS

Western thinking that Russia’s "red lines" can be moved is a major blunder, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview with noted US journalist Tucker Carlson.

"If they are following the logic which some Westerners have been pronouncing lately, that don't believe that Russia has red lines, they announced their red lines, these red lines are being moved again and again. This is a very serious mistake," the top Russian diplomat pointed out.

He also noted that statements by some NATO officials about the possibility of preventive strikes on Russia cause concern. "Some officials in the Pentagon and in other places, including NATO, started saying in the last few days something like that NATO is a defensive alliance, but sometimes you can strike first because the attack is the best defense. Some others in STRATCOM, Thomas Buchanan is his name, representative of STRATCOM, said something which allows for an eventuality of exchange of limited nuclear strikes," the top Russian diplomat said, concluding that these kinds of threats "are really worrying.".