Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a briefing in Moscow. File photoMOSCOW, January 20Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova called criminal negligence American journalists' questions to US President Joe Biden about plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine, and not about NATO expansion to the East. Biden in holds a press conference on Wednesday to mark the first anniversary of his presidency.
"It's amazing how American journalists at Biden's press conference speak with all certainty about "Russia's attack on Ukraine" and as if they had never heard about the expansion of NATO to the East, the obligations of Western countries about the indivisibility of security. What's this? Holy simplicity or impermissible naivety? I think it’s criminal negligence",” Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel.
Zakharova added that American journalists “as if they don’t know anything” about Washington’s support for Kiev’s provocations.
“I wouldn’t be allowed to do this”: Trump commented on Biden’s speechRussia has repeatedly rejected the accusations of the West and Ukraine of “aggressive actions”, stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and statements about “Russian aggression” are used as a pretext, to deploy more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. The Russian Foreign Ministry previously noted that Western statements about «Russian aggression» and the possibility of helping Kiev defend itself against it are both ridiculous and dangerous. At the same time, Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» sides of Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov said that Russia is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion. According to him, this does not threaten anyone and should not bother anyone.