According to him, due to the supply of Western weapons to Kiev, the Russian authorities decided to carry out "denazification and demilitarization" not only on the territory of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

"Now the geography is different.

It is far from only DPR and LPR, it is also Kherson region, Zaporizhia region and a number of other territories, and this process continues, and it continues consistently and persistently," Lavrov said.

It follows from his words that the "geography of the special operation" is allegedly changing based on "military threats from the territory of Ukraine".

Lavrov added that if the West supplies long-range weapons to Ukraine, "the borders will move even further."

The head of the Foreign Ministry also noted that the "special operation" was inevitable, and he even "felt relieved" when it began.

• In June, the USA began supplying Ukraine with HIMARS rocket launchers.

  After that, the Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed about 20 artillery ammunition depots located on the territory controlled by the Russian army.

• The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, said that the supply of HIMARS to Ukraine "does not change anything" for the operation of the Russian "special operation".

  According to him, similar Soviet and Russian systems are already in service in Ukraine, and Western supplies are only intended to replenish what was destroyed during hostilities.

  According to the statement of the Russian president, the same applies to drones, which are "snapped like nuts" by Russian air defense systems.