After Washington increased military assistance for Ukraine and welcomed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on an important visit, Moscow accused the United States of engaging in a proxy war against the country.
During his brief visit to Washington on Wednesday, officials greeted Zelenskyy with fanfare.
And US President Joe Biden pledged to give Kyiv $1.8 billion worth of military supplies, including the highly desired Patriot missile defense system.
However, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday that the latest US support package – which comes on top of the roughly $50 billion already sent to Ukraine this year – would not help end the more than 300-day-long conflict.
As Europe’s most significant land conflict since World War II drags on, Peskov told reporters that the US move hardly encourages a quick resolution.
The Russian official asserted that the contrary was true.
“This cannot prevent the Russian Federation from achieving its goals during the special military operation,” Peskov said, using Moscow’s term for its offensive.
Peskov added that there had been no calls for peace or signs of willingness to “listen to Russia’s concerns” during Zelenskyy’s visit, proving that the US was intent on fighting a proxy war with Russia “to the last Ukrainian.”
His remarks came as Russian news agencies reported that defence minister Sergei Shoigu had visited army units fighting in Ukraine.
However, the reports did not specify where the visit took place.
Headline stock photo courtesy Simon Infanger (Unsplash.com).
Any third-party or user posts, comments, replies, and third-party entries published on the St. Lucia Times website (https://stluciatimes.com) in no way convey the thoughts, sentiments or intents of St. Lucia Times, the author of any said article or post, the website, or the business. St. Lucia Times is not responsible or liable for, and does not endorse, any comments or replies posted by users and third parties, and especially the content therein and whether it is accurate.
St. Lucia Times reserves the right to remove, screen, edit, or reinstate content posted by third parties on this website or any other online platform owned by St. Lucia Times (this includes the said user posts, comments, replies, and third-party entries) at our sole discretion for any reason or no reason, and without notice to you, or any user. For example, we may remove a comment or reply if we believe it violates any part of the St. Lucia Criminal Code, particularly section 313 which pertains to the offence of Libel. Except as required by law, we have no obligation to retain or provide you with copies of any content you as a user may post, or any other post or reply made by any third-party on this website or any other online platform owned by St. Lucia Times. All third-parties and users agree that this is a public forum, and we do not guarantee any confidentiality with respect to any content you as a user may post, or any other post or reply made by any third-party on this website. Any posts made and information disclosed by you is at your own risk.
