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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Helen Livingstone and agencies

Russia accuses Nato of ‘proxy war’ in Ukraine as US hosts crucial defence summit

A destroyed theatre building  in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine. Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged the UN to press Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help evacuate the besieged city.
A destroyed theatre building in the southern port city of Mariupol, Ukraine. Foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba has urged the UN to press Russia’s Vladimir Putin to help evacuate the besieged city. Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters

Russia’s foreign minister has accused Nato of fighting a proxy war by supplying military aid to Ukraine, as defence ministers gathered in Germany for US-hosted talks on supporting Ukraine through what one US general called a “very critical” few weeks.

Sergei Lavrov told Russian state media: “Nato, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy. War means war.”

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