Speaking at the United Nations on Thursday, Russia’s foreign minister Sergei Lavrov claimed that NATO and the European Union are waging a “real war” against Moscow by backing Ukraine.

Britain dismissed the remarks as a distortion of reality and labeled them “false fantasy world” rhetoric.

Lavrov spoke at a G20 meeting of foreign ministers at the U.N. two days after U.S. President Donald Trump signalled a harsher stance on Moscow, praising Ukraine’s war effort and saying NATO allies should shoot down Russian jets that enter their airspace.

Tensions have mounted along Europe’s eastern flank where Estonia has accused Moscow of sending three fighter jets into its airspace, a week after NATO jets shot down Russian drones in Polish airspace.

“Another clear example is the crisis in Ukrain

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