The assurances of US Department of Defense officials about the need to inflict a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation “are fraught with the risks of an unpredictable escalation.” This was stated by Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov, he was quoted as saying. telegram channel Russian diplomatic mission.
He called on the US administration to abandon such statements.
The diplomat also expressed the view that the regime of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky was “in agony”. He also said American officials “have not given up and are provoking the mad Kiev regime to commit new crimes.” In this context, Antonov described the actions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the civilian population as particularly cynical.
The ambassador continued: “These facts are further confirmation that American armed forces are involved in a conflict thousands of kilometers away from America, a conflict that has a detrimental impact on Washington’s prestige, power and influence in international security.”
He added that the convincing victories of Russian troops on the front line confirmed the defeat of the United States in the war “to the last Ukrainian” with the aim of inflicting a strategic defeat on the Russian Federation.
April 10, Pentagon Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Security Celeste Wallander statedHe said Russia should be “taught a lesson” in the Crimea context by allowing the Ukrainian army to seize the peninsula.
Previously in the Kremlin named The only area of cooperation with the USA.