Russian ambassador says US wants weaker Moscow, not end to Ukraine conflict
(Baonghean.vn) - Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said that the US hawks want to weaken Russia and erase the country from the world geopolitical map, instead of ending the conflict in Ukraine.
“It is clear that the hawks in Washington do not need to end the conflict, but rather the exhaustion of our country, even if it means the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians. Or even better: the disappearance of the Russian Federation from the world,” he said in a statement posted on the embassy’s Telegram channel.
The diplomat made the remarks in response to a statement by US Republican Congressman Mike Turner, who accused Russia of spreading propaganda in the US Congress about its support for Ukraine. “In America, not a day goes by without accusing our country of all sorts of crimes – without checking the facts and presenting any evidence,” the ambassador said.
“If the truth breaks favorable stereotypes and benefits the US government, it is not our problem. Washington's painful reaction to this only speaks of its effectiveness,” Ambassador Antonov said.
In another development, the Russian Embassy in Switzerland said that Bern has not yet sent Russia an invitation to attend the conference on Ukraine, but even if it did, Russia would not accept it, because it would promote an unviable "peace formula" that is not in line with Russia's interests.
According to Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov, “Zelensky’s peace formula contains no compromises or alternatives. It completely ignores the well-intentioned proposals made at a certain point by China, South Africa, Brazil and the Arab League”./.