Lavrov threatens Western ships: "We will choose the targets ourselves"

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov declared that Russia will independently select targets among vessels serving the interests of countries that have, in his words, made "robbery and piracy" official policy. Lavrov's remarks confirm earlier statements by Vladimir Putin, who threatened attacks on Western ships in response to EU sanctions targeting Russia's "shadow fleet." Russia frames the Western sanctions as illegal coercion justifying retaliatory action.

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