Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov accused NATO and the European Union (EU) on Thursday of declaring a “real war” with Russia and directly participating in the conflict.

"A clear example is the crisis in Ukraine, provoked by the collective West, through which NATO and the European Union ... have already declared a real war on my country and are directly participating in it," Lavrov said during his speech at a G20 meeting of foreign ministers at the United Nations, according to a translation by Russian-state media TASS.

United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper slammed Lavrov, denouncing the Kremlin’s "unprovoked war of aggression."

Cooper said no “amount of false fantasy world distortions, misinformation........

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