Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the UN Vasily Nebenzya at a meeting of the UN Security Council for Ukraine at the UN Headquarters in New YorkMOSCOW, 1 Feb. Readers of the British newspaper Times supported the position of Russia's permanent representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya in a dispute with his US colleague Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a meeting of the Security Council on the Ukrainian crisis. Earlier, the Washington Post wrote about the sharpest verbal skirmish between Russian and American diplomats. According to the newspaper, Nebenzia responded sharply to the accusations of Thomas-Greenfield, who said that Russia was allegedly «trying to make Ukraine look like an aggressor» in order to provide an excuse for an «invasion.» The Russian representative pointed out that the United States themselves are provoking an escalation of tensions with their false accusations. The diplomat also accused Western countries of having brought «pure Nazis» to power in the countries bordering Russia, as well as of glorifying those who fought on the side of Hitler.» In response to statements about the impending «invasion», he stressed that not a single Russian politician or public figure «said that we want to attack Ukraine.» Times readers considered Nebenzi's words fair and supported Moscow's position.
The British compared the armies of Russia and NATO and decided not to defend UkraineSo, one of the commentators recalled that NATO surrounded Russia with its bases. would the same thing happen in Mexico?» he asked. Another user added that Russia has always been invaded only from the West. «Biden is asking for a war to distract the public from internal failures,» they wrote in the comments. there were troops on the border with Ukraine. “Now think about how you will sing if Russia teaches Britain where its army can conduct exercises and where not,” they answered him. Another user, in turn, recalled the threats of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky to “return” Crimea by force and deploy a significant part of the armed forces on the border with the republics of Donbass. In recent months, Western media have been increasingly reporting that Moscow is allegedly preparing an «invasion» of Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly refuted such unfounded allegations. As Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov pointed out, the armed forces are moving within the territory of the state — this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. Moscow stressed that statements about «Russian aggression» are being used as a pretext for building up NATO contingents in the border regions. Director of the Foreign Intelligence Service Sergei Naryshkin called the stuff about the «invasion» malicious propaganda of the US State Department. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, in turn, stressed that Russia has never threatened the Ukrainian people. /02/e8372d6a22264c3155884af6d3b68556.jpg» />The British laid siege to Poroshenko for his words about «Russia's imperial ambitions»
