"The collective West, which is headed by a nuclear power—the United States—is at war with us," Lavrov told Channel One, as reported by the state-run Tass news agency.
"This war was declared on us quite a long time ago, after the coup d'etat in Ukraine that was orchestrated by the United States and, in fact, backed by the European Union," Lavrov said, referring to the Maidan Revolution of 2014; a popular uprising that unseated pro-Kremlin President Viktor Yanukovych.