Russian foreign minister warns west over ‘aggressive line’ in Ukraine crisis

Sergei Lavrov says Moscow may be forced to eliminate unacceptable threats to our security' following Biden-Putin call

Russia's top diplomat has warned the west that its aggressive" approach to Ukraine and threat of sanctions could force Moscow to eliminate unacceptable threats to our security", after a high-stakes conversation between Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden failed to deescalate the crisis.

The remarks by the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, were published shortly after the Russian and US presidents held a 50-minute telephone call in which the two sides traded threats regarding tensions over Ukraine.