Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Maria Zakharova during a briefing in Moscow. Archival photoMOSCOW, Apr 4China sees and understands the underlying processes in the Ukrainian crisis, unlike Europe, which is content with a superficial picture, not distinguishing truth from fake, an official representative of the Foreign Ministry said on Rossiya 1 air RF Maria Zakharova.
"The conversation (Lavrov and Wang Yi in Tunxi) was… profound. And, of course, it was not about the leading questions of the Chinese partners, but about informing the Russian side of everything that we are doing in connection with the special military operation. From the Chinese side, their traditional position was voiced, which they voice, by the way, openly … to understand the underlying processes, something that Europe denies itself, which sees only the superficiality of today from the pictures … without bothering to clarify, but these are fakes or is it something real", she said.
According to her, in China «they look deep and understand the etymology of the crisis» and the fact that the actions of the United States led to this, which they allowed themselves in other parts of the world, violating the sovereignty of states. In February, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian published a cartoon on his Twitter denouncing the role of the United States in the conflict in Ukraine, and left the signature «The United States should ask itself who started all this.» The cartoon shows a man in the form of Uncle Sam, symbolizing the United States, who asks the question: «Why isn't China doing more to put out the fire?» At the same time, Uncle Sam himself «extinguishes» the fire around the sign with the word «Ukraine» with gasoline.Zakharova: The West does not understand that their sanctions will also affect other continents Earlier, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said that the United States would like to hear Beijing condemn the Russian leadership and the military for actions in Ukraine. On March 18, a conversation took place between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, the White House following the conversation said that Biden told the Chinese leader about the consequences of supporting the Russian special operation. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.