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Lavrov also said Russia had no thoughts of nuclear war.
Offering no evidence to back up his remarks in an interview with
state television, a week after Russian invaded Ukraine, he also
accused Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, an ethnic Jew,
of presiding over "a society where Nazism is flourishing".
He said he had no doubt that a solution to the crisis in Ukraine
would be found, and a new round of talks were about to start
between Ukrainian and Russian officials.
But he said Russia's dialogue with the West must be based on
mutual respect, accused NATO of seeking to maintain supremacy
and said that while Russia had a lot of goodwill, it could not
let anyone undermine its interests.
Moscow would not let Ukraine keep infrastructure that threatened
Russia, he said.
Moscow could also not tolerate what he said was a military
threat from Ukraine, he said, adding that he was convinced that
Russia was right over Ukraine.
"The thought of nuclear is constantly spinning in the heads of
Western politicians but not in the heads of Russians," he said.
"I assure you that we will not allow any kind of provocation to
unbalance us."
Russia did not feel politically isolated, and the question of
how Ukraine lives should be defined by its people, he said.
Ukrainian officials have accused Russian forces of hitting
civilian areas but Lavrov said Russian troops had strict orders
to use high-precision weapons to destroy military
infrastructure.
Offering no evidence, Lavrov said Russia had information that
the United States was worried about the prospect of losing
control over what he described as chemical and biological
laboratories in Ukraine and accused Britain of building military
bases there.
(Reporting by Moscow bureau)
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