Moscow's first official reaction to the ATACMS missile strike on the Bryansk region. Lavrov commented on the situation at a press conference at the G20 summit:

-The ATACMS missile strikes on the Bryansk region are a signal that the West wants escalation;

-The Russian Federation will perceive the launches of long-range missiles controlled by US military experts as a qualitatively new phase of the war on the part of the West;

-The ATACMS missile strikes on the Bryansk region would have been impossible without the participation of the Americans;

-The Russian Federation is strictly committed to the position of preventing a nuclear war;

-There has been no official confirmation of the US decision to strike deep into the Russian Federation, information is coming from the media;

-Moscow will respond accordingly to the US decision to strike deep into the Russian Federation;

-Lavrov called Scholz's position on refusing to supply Kyiv with Taurus missiles and launch strikes against the Russian Federation responsible.