Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, has accused the United States of inciting Ukraine in the continuation of the war, criticizing the lack of American desire for a peace agreement to be reached, after the Biden Administration announced a new military aid package.
«All recent US actions, including the decision to allocate a new military aid package to Kiev, which will include US Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, point directly to Washington’s lack of desire for a political settlement in Ukraine,» Antonov said, as quoted by Tass news agency.
In this sense, the diplomat considered that these measures «only incite Ukrainian radicals to new terrible deeds», alleging that they kill civilians in the Donbas, Zaporiyia and Kherson regions, with «increasing impunity».
Thus, he added that «no one should have any doubts about who is responsible for prolonging the current conflict.» «Even the ceasefire declared unilaterally by Russia along the entire line of contact in Ukraine during the Orthodox Christmas has been described as an attempt to «find some oxygen,» he lamented.
The United States and Germany announced Thursday that they will supply Western-designed armored vehicles to Kiev, after the day before, French President Emmanuel Macron promised his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodimir Zelenski, the «first battle tanks» of Russian manufacture.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
