Moscow is "almost" embroiled in an all-out ground war with Kyiv's Western allies, according to Russia's hawkish Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
Lavrov's remarks on a visit to South Africa matched fears spouted by his boss warmonger Vladimir Putin repeatedly throughout the war, which is approaching its depressing one-year anniversary in February.
He claimed that the West has been planning to eradicate Russian "language" and "culture" for decades, and that the war in Ukraine is the stage for them to carry out their plot.
