Dmitry Polyanskiy, First Deputy Permanent Representative of the Russian Mission to the UN, noted in remarks to an Aug. 13 informal meeting at the UN Security Council that on June 14, Russian President Vladimir Putin “made a very generous negotiation proposal to Ukraine, given its desperate situation on the frontline.”
The Kiev regime had not responded—that is, until a week ago, when “the Zelenskyy regime chose escalation and war through incursion into a peaceful Russian region,” Polyanskiy said. “This is a fatal mistake that will be desperately regretted by Ukraine later. But the choice has been made.
“What is still to be known is whether it was made with full knowledge of its Western backers or whether it was a personal act of madness. The last time we saw German tanks on our territory was exactly 80 years ago. Now they are being driven by Ukrainians. You all remember how it ended for Germany back then. The end will be no less inglorious for Ukrainian Nazis today. And it is up to you whether you will continue to side with them and get drowned together in this disdain and disgrace or to finally choose the right side of history. The choice is yours, ladies and gentlemen, and don’t tell us that we didn’t warn you.”
