Linda Thomas-GreenfieldUN Feb. 2 US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield in In her interview with MSNBC, she acknowledged that the message and rhetoric of the United States about an «escalation» allegedly being prepared by Russia in relation to Ukraine differs from the rhetoric of the Kiev authorities. of the Western representatives at the UN provided no evidence of this. The host then asked Thomas-Greenfield whether Ukraine's indecision «about it all» demonstrated at President Volodymyr Zelensky's press conference on Friday undermined the Allied response.
"You know, I can't speak for the President of Ukraine. What I can say is that we had intense discussions with the Ukrainian government, with President Zelensky, with the Minister of Foreign Affairs. I met here in New York with the Permanent Representative of Ukraine, who was present at our meeting yesterday. So, I think we agree in terms of what we see. Our message is different, our rhetoric is a little different, but what we see at the border is no dispute on this score", she said.
During a press conference on Friday, Zelensky said that today he does not see more escalation around the country than it was before, while expressing the opinion that the situation is being escalated. He added that statements about a possible escalation of the situation with Russia caused a panic in the markets and the financial sector, this negatively affects the economy, investors began to withdraw money from Ukraine. According to Zelensky, media reports give the impression that Ukraine is «war, Troops are walking along the roads, mobilization, people are going somewhere.» He denied this, saying that Kiev does not need panic. Kiev and Western states have recently expressed concern about the alleged increase in «aggressive actions» by Russia near the borders of Ukraine. Russia has repeatedly rejected accusations of the West and Ukraine of escalation, stating that it does not threaten anyone and is not going to attack anyone, and that it is moving troops within its territory and at its own discretion, this does not threaten anyone and should not worry anyone. As Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Moscow does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. According to presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the information hysteria of the US and NATO over Ukraine is generously framed by lies and fakes. Russian security guarantees