The diplomatic tones are being intensified and the possibility of a solution to the Ukraine crisis is being eliminated
By: VirgilioNotizie | Published on: 04/30/2022 09:07
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peace between Ukraine and Russia it seems farther away every day. Instead, tensions between Moscow and the West are growing. Also in the last few hours, the leaders of the Kremlin and the United States have been the protagonists of statements far from aimed at softening the torrid climate created after the start of the “special operation” launched by Wladimir Putin.
Russia, the theories of the Kremlin leaders: “Moscow wants peace, NATO doesn’t”
The Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, stated that Russia does not consider itself at war with the Bornjust to add that should Moscow believe it has come into conflict with the alliance, the risks of a nuclear war.
“We won’t see each other in war with NATObecause that would be a step that would increase the risks of what has just been discussed”, this is the beginning of a fatal one nuclear conflict, said the Kremlin minister in an interview with the Al-Arabia TV channel.
Lavrov added: “Unfortunately, there is a feeling that NATO believes it is at war with Russia,” exemplified by the “statements of NATO leadersatlantic alliance, of the United States and European leaders, particularly in Britain, Poland, France and Germany, saying that Russia must be defeated”.
The President of Ukraine Zelensky He drew attention to a possible failure of the negotiations: “The risk of concluding the peace talks is high”. Meanwhile the Pentagon announced that new weapons will be sent to Kyiv within 24 hours with the President Joe Biden which has asked Congress to approve $33 billion in new funding.
In a similar vein, Lavrov argued, this time in an interview with the Chinese newspaper Xinhua, that “NATO support for Ukraine means achieving a political agreement to end the conflict”.
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According to the Russian foreign minister, Moscow is working for peace, while the United States and NATO are not, because if they were “really” interested in solving the problem Ukraine Crisis, “You should stop sending arms” to Kyiv. “By publicly expressing their support for the Kiev regime – he added – the NATO countries are doing everything possible to prevent the end of the operation through political agreements”.
Russia supports the continuation of negotiations with Ukraine, but the obstacle is represented by “the Incendiary actions“From the West,” Lavrov said. And again: “We are in favor of continuing the negotiations, even if they are not going well. What’s stopping her? For example, the militant rhetoric and arson by the West Kyiv supporters”.
Lavrov blames the lack of peace on Western countries, which encourage Kyiv to “fight to the last Ukrainian”, supply the country with weapons and prevent negotiations. “I am convinced that it will be possible to reach agreements only when Kyiv begins to be guided by the interests of the Ukrainian people, and not by distant advisers,” thundered the minister, recalling that the Russian and the Ukrainian delegation continue their efforts. negotiations meet daily via video conference.
Photo source: ANSA fighters in the trenches in Ukraine
US and Russia, tensions rise: cross allegations
Lavrov’s comments came after heated diplomatic hours. It was the Pentagon spokesman John Kirby, who yesterday spoke of “the most depraved brutality” in connection with Russian actions in Ukraine.
The statements made by John Kirby, the Russian ambassador to the United States said via Telegram, were “insulting and unacceptable”. Anatoly Antonov. “It is surprising that such provocative theses come from a former military man who is aware of the meaning of these words,” Antonov added, recalling that Russian officials would never have dared such statements about the leadership of the United States of America.
“Here it has become the norm for administration officials to bark their verdicts on the obscene lies of the Ukrainian authorities. At the same time, they want the countless crimes of the Kiev regime‘ Antonov said, adding that the United States ‘continues to pump arms into Ukraine’.
According to Antonov, the main goal of the Pentagon spokesman and his colleagues is to generate additional revenue for the US military-industrial complex and empty their stores of obsolete weapons. One has the feeling, according to the diplomat, “that the US authorities are not interested in a ceasefire.”
Photo source: ANSA