Bishkek, June 30 -- Western nations will not succeed in inflicting a "strategic defeat" on Russia, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during talks with his Kyrgyz counterpart Jeenbek Kulubaev on Sunday, RT reported.

"We are witnessing an unprecedented confrontation between our country and the collective West, which has decided to once again go to war against us and inflict a strategic defeat on Russia, essentially using the Nazi regime in Kiev as a battering ram," Lavrov stated. "The West has never succeeded in this, and it will not succeed this time either," RT quoted.

Lavrov further noted that many Western policymakers "are beginning to guess" that their hawkish approach toward Russia is futile. His comments echo earlier warn...