{"id":6381,"date":"2022-03-03T21:28:00","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T21:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/?p=6381"},"modified":"2022-03-26T21:35:06","modified_gmt":"2022-03-26T21:35:06","slug":"us-and-allies-have-declared-hybrid-total-war-on-russia-kremlin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blackopspartners.com\/us-and-allies-have-declared-hybrid-total-war-on-russia-kremlin\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Allies Have Declared Hybrid \u2018Total War\u2019 on Russia: Kremlin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The United States and its Western allies have declared a hybrid \u201ctotal war\u201d against Russia<\/a> following its invasion of Ukraine, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cToday a real hybrid war, a \u2018total war\u2019 has been declared against us. This term, which was used by Nazi Germany, is now used by many European politicians when they explain what they want to do to the Russian Federation,\u201d Lavrov said, according to state-run media. \u201cAnd their goals are not hidden: to destroy, to break, to strangle the Russian economy, and Russia as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe desire by the West to maintain its dominance in international affairs, to subjugate everything and everyone and return to a unipolar world \u2026 these are, of course, illusions,\u201d Lavrov also remarked, adding: \u201cIn fact, we are witnessing the culmination of the policy of containment of Russia, which the West has pursued for a long time.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Lavrov\u2019s comments appear to be an escalation in rhetoric from Russia\u2019s leadership against the United States and NATO allies amid its month-long invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Since Feb. 24, the start of the conflict, the United States, Europe, Japan, and other like-minded nations have placed heavy sanctions on Russia\u2019s economy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lavrov, and other top Kremlin<\/a> officials. On Thursday, the White House announced even more sanctions against hundreds of Russian lawmakers, defense companies, and other entities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The United States also placed a ban on Russian oil imports, although European Union countries have not done so, citing the bloc\u2019s heavy dependence on Russian energy products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n