Newyork- Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has alleged that the Ukraine crisis was engineered by Western powers as a war against Russia, with Kiev being used as the main front.

Speaking at a G20 ministerial meeting held on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, Lavrov said Western nations’ “neo-colonial ambitions” and refusal to abide by the UN Charter have fueled regional wars and heightened global tensions.

He stated, “The crisis in Ukraine is another clear example. NATO and the European Union have already declared an actual war on my country and are directly involved in it.”

Moscow has repeatedly described the conflict as a Western proxy war, accusing NATO and the EU of supplying military aid to Kiev and using Ukrainian forces as “cannon fodder.” Russian officials also argue that years of NATO’s eastward expansion and deepening ties with Ukraine, especially after the 2014 Maidan coup and the conflict in Donbass, have steadily escalated tensions.