That's just Lavrov being Lavrov. He also said (paraphrasing) that nuclear weapons was obviously unthinkable and that they would do everything in their power to keep them from being used, even that there are some who inflate the risks.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told Russian state media: โNato, in essence, is engaged in a war with Russia through a proxy and is arming that proxy. War means war.โ
https://nypost.com/2022/04/26/russia-says-it-is-engaged-in-war-with-nato/