NEW YORK (Dispatches) -
 Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has attacked the U.S. and its Western allies as “warmongers” in a fiery tirade at the UN.
He called out the U.S. for military actions in Venezuela and Iran, while quoting Russian President Vladimir Putin as he railed against Western “hegemony.”
“The West aspires to inflict strategic defeat on Russia, but these aspirations will result in the warmongers being led into a strategic dead end,” Lavrov told the General Assembly.
“At the start of this year, in contravention of all norms, including moral norms, the U.S. invaded Venezuela, resulting in the abduction of President Maduro and his spouse — held in an American prison without trial. And this despite the fact that international law clearly states that the highest-ranking public officials of any state should enjoy immunities,” he said.
“It is unacceptable the fact that force was used to kill the Leader of Islamic Revolution of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, and members of his family,” said Lavrov.
He said U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran “also seek to target the civilian infrastructure in Iran and civilian nuclear infrastructure under international safeguards.”
Lavrov then turned his attention to Ukraine, where he accused the U.S. and its allies of prolonging the war by arming Kyiv.
“The West is pumping the Ukrainian regime full of weapons, helping Kyiv to target drones and missiles to target them at civilians and civilian infrastructure,” he said.
Ukraine has launched its own series of drone attacks on Russian refineries.
Lavrov also broadened his attack beyond the Ukraine war, taking aim at the U.S. embargo and fuel blockade against Cuba — calling it an “island of freedom” and demanding the lifting of all trade restrictions.
He also tore into U.S. European allies, saying the “lessons of Nuremberg were not learned by everybody” and accusing European Union leaders of being “contaminated with the virus of racial superiority”.
“Europe is doing everything it can to thwart peace talks,” he said.
“The Western minority, which dominated for 500 years, thanks to others’ resources, continues to try to maintain its privileges and to impose its own rules on everyone else,” he ranted.
“The West continues to use brute force to act unpredictably, to engage in all sorts of ventures, putting at risk the life and prosperity of millions, if not billions of people on our planet, as President Putin said, the dictatorship of one hegemon is spiraling out of control. It’s dangerous for everyone else.”