Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned in a Friday TV interview that “We are working on preventing a fall of our relations with the US into the abyss of an open armed conflict. We are already on the verge of this abyss.” He said that “the anger and hatred towards Russia with which Washington acts in a situation in which it frankly should think of its own safety, is inexplicable.” At the moment, “no real diplomacy” about Ukraine is happening, because the US “has bet on further escalation.”
Ryabkov also warned that Russia is “literally ready to use any means at its disposal” to deter threats to its security and the safety of its leadership. As for Washington’s denial of any involvement in the drone attacks on the Kremlin, Ryabkov said, according to TASS, that their statements of non-involvement are “not convincing anyone,” and are reminiscent of “how they attempted to pretty much blame us for the bombing of the Nord Stream,” Ryabkov said.
