Volodin: US has chosen Ukraine as a point of escalation against Russia

Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav VolodinHAVANA, February 24The United States has chosen Ukraine as a point of escalation against Russia and Belarus, this is fraught with its entry into NATO, State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said at a meeting with the chairman of the National Assembly of People's Power (unicameral parliament) of Cuba, Esteban Lazo Hernandez. «When we talk about security and NATO's advance to the east, Ukraine was chosen by the United States as a country where, in their opinion, the escalation should be escalated against the Russian Federation, Belarus, and we have recently seen a huge amount of weapons that are being supplied to Ukraine. Ukraine into NATO,» Volodin said. According to him, this will mean the approach of the «North Atlantic military-political bloc» to the Russian borders. «All this increases tension in the world. And we can become hostages of such a policy. Further, it is clear that the tragedy that no one wants is not far away. And we must do everything to stop it,» he stressed. Lazo Hernandez, for his part, pointed out that the US and NATO allow «interference in the internal affairs of independent, sovereign countries.» «We condemn interference in the internal affairs of the Russian Federation. We condemn NATO's expansionist policy (in relation to) your borders, which is a threat to your national security and peace, in the region and throughout the world,» the chairman of the assembly said. Volodin thanked his colleague for support, recalling the dialogue with the US and NATO on security assurances. «We talked about the need for NATO to return to the border of 1997, but no answers were given to all questions and proposals,» the speaker of the State Duma said. Speaking about the situation in Donbass, Volodin emphasized that the recognition of the DPR and LPR by Russia was «the only way out in this situation». «We are doing everything to save the lives of citizens, and therefore the decisions made are designed to achieve this goal,» the Chairman of the State Duma summed up. /wp-content/uploads/89909013e5597e5b2c2e049e594bfe79.jpg» />U.S. Ambassador to the UN promised Kuleba decisive action against RussiaPosted by: Maxim Gorbachev