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Lavrov says Kiev may start ‘punishing’ Russia's friends and allies

To prevent such a situation, along with the measures that are being taken within Russia to strengthen the defense of critical infrastructure, decisions have been made to improving the organization of air defense and the functioning of collective aviation forces, the foreign minister said

MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. The Kiev regime may at some stage begin to "punish" Russia's friends and allies "in an aggressive rage," Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said after a joint meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers, the Council of Defense Ministers and the Committee of Secretaries of the Security Councils of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO).

"I do not rule out that at some stage, in such a, you know, aggressive rage, the Kiev regime may well begin to 'punish' our friends and allies. I wouldn’t put it past it," Lavrov said when asked to assess the risks and likelihood of Ukrainian attacks on the territory of the CSTO member states if Russia transfers its data centers there.

"To prevent such a situation, along with the measures that are being taken within the Russian Federation to significantly strengthen the defense of our critical infrastructure, decisions have already been made today, as we said, which are being submitted for approval by the heads of state and relate primarily to improving the organization of air defense and the functioning of collective aviation forces. Well, in addition to these solutions, there are other opportunities that we will spare no effort seeking out," Lavrov said.