In response to a media query posted to the Russian embassy’s website, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s visit to Washington Dec. 21 has demonstrated that neither Ukraine nor the U.S. is ready for peace. “The theses appearing in the American media that Russia is not interested in achieving peace are false,” he said, adding that Moscow’s position had been repeatedly voiced by the Russian President.
“The head of the Kiev regime’s visit to Washington, staged in Hollywood style, has ultimately confirmed that the administration’s conciliatory statements about the lack of intention to enter into a confrontation with Russia are an ‘empty phrase,’” Antonov commented. Referring to the U.S. decision to send a Patriot battery to Ukraine, he said: “The provocative actions by the U.S. are steadily leading to an escalation, the consequences of which cannot even be imagined,” the Ambassador warned.
