Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said—on the air of Russia 1 television—that by supplying arms to Kyiv, United States ill not be able to force Russia to play by its rules.

When asked about what the American side is trying to achieve by sending an additional batch of weapons to Ukraine, the Russian FM stressed that these goals have been publicly discussed in the United States for a long time.

"They are achieving what they had stated long ago: Russia must know its place, it must not have the right to raise its voice on international matters, Russia must obey the rules invented by the United States; this much. I believe it is very clear to them that they will not succeed," Lavrov said.