Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov. File photoWASHINGTON, Mar 26 Moscow, unlike Washington, is doing everything to stop war crimes, Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on the diplomatic mission's Telegram channel in response to a media question.
&# 34; The Russian special operation is designed to put an end to the long-standing genocide of civilians in the Donbass and disarm neo-Nazis in Ukraine. It’s time to understand that our country, unlike the Americans, is doing everything to stop war crimes,” Antonov noted.
Commenting on accusations by US Deputy Secretary of State Victoria Nuland of “the involvement of the Russian leadership in the deaths of thousands of Ukrainians and Russian military,» Antonov said, «such cynical rhetoric from a State Department spokesman is unacceptable.» the path of US-NATO armed interventions was marked, are not limited to recent history,» the Russian ambassador emphasized. Russia February 24 launched a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse, genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense, the armed forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops. With the support of the Russian military, the DPR and LPR groups are developing an offensive. But the occupation of Ukraine is out of the question, Putin emphasized. The West is drawing Moldova into a dangerous game