Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman, Maria Zakharova has disclosed that the conflict in Ukraine would be over in just two weeks if the West halted military supplies to Kyiv.
Asked about how to de-escalate the confrontation between Russia and the West, Zakharova replied that the West had raised the rhetoric about Russia.
She echoed remarks made earlier by the European Union’s foreign policy Chief, Josep Borrell.
“And what is needed for de-escalation, Borrell said: if you stop supplying Kyiv w ith weapons, everything will be over in 2 weeks. And here is the de-escalation formula,” Zakharova said.
Borrell was reported as saying earlier this month that Ukraine’s existence depended on the West and that the war would be finished in a couple of weeks if the supply of Western weaponry ended.
Borrell added that he did not want the war to end like that.
Also, the Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson averred that French troops will be targeted by the Russian military if they are sent to Ukraine.
“If the French appear in the conflict zone (in Ukraine), they will inevitably become targets for the Russian Armed Forces. It seems to me that Paris already has evidence of this,” Zakharova told a press briefing in Moscow.
Zakharova claimed that French President Emmanuel Macron’s remarks on the possibility of sending troops to Ukraine is rejected not only among Paris’ allies in the EU and NATO, but also among “the vast majority of French citizens.”
She argued that Macron’s rhetoric on this issue is viewed among French citizens as “very dangerous and aggressive,” further claiming that they are becoming hostages and “direct victims” of this rhetoric.
“We are not at all surprised by official Paris’ manipulation of the age-old myth about a certain Russian threat to France and the whole of Europe, nor by the desire to justify multi-billion dollar spending on the hybrid war between the West and Russia in Ukraine.”
Maria Zakharova
Zakharova went on to dismiss allegations regarding Russia’s involvement in recent arson attacks on warehouses on the outskirts of London, defining them as “provocations” that are part of an “information war” against Moscow.
“Allegations about some connection with the Russian state, which have become a characteristic feature of the British media, are not supported by any facts,” she stated.
All this is nothing more than deliberate misinformation,” she said, adding that Russia does not carry out sabotage against civilian targets.
She was referring to a case in which Britain charged a man last month over alleged hostile state activity intended to benefit Russia, including by allegedly recruiting others for an arson attack on a Ukrainian-linked commercial property in London.
UK Foreign Secretary, David Cameron has voiced deep concern about the allegations, and last month, his ministry summoned Russia’s Ambassador to London to express its concern about “Russian orchestrated malign activity on UK soil.”
“We consider the appearance of such provocative materials as the latest salvo in an information war that Downing Street has unleashed against our country.”
“These attempts are pathetic… The accusations made are not only absurd, but also not supported by any facts.”
Maria Zakharova
She also urged Britain to halt its “anti-Russian hysteria.”
Russia Warns Against Sending NATO Troops To Ukraine
Also on Wednesday, Russia said that sending NATO troops into Ukraine would potentially be extremely dangerous.
The petition, reportedly posted on the Ukrainian President’s website, says that Ukraine should ask the United States, Britain and other countries to send troops to help it repel Russia’s invasion.
“The Kyiv regime is quite unpredictable,” Kremlin Spokesman, Dmitry Peskov said when asked about it at his daily briefing.
“We have repeatedly said that direct intervention on the ground in this conflict by the military of NATO countries potentially carries enormous danger, so we consider this an extremely challenging provocation, nothing less, and, of course, we are watching this very carefully.”
Dmitry Peskov
It was unclear if the petition would gather the required number of votes, that is 25,000, to require President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to respond by either approving or rejecting it.
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