Deputies at a meeting of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine. File photoMOSCOW, May 2.The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine registered a resolution to appeal to the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress to recognize Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism, despite the fact that the Ukrainian authorities and troops themselves, as stated in Russia, use terrorist methods, in particular, hiding behind civilians, as » a human shield.» In April, a similar proposal was made in the US State Department, the Russian Foreign Ministry promised not to leave such measures unanswered. «Approve the appeal of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to the House of Representatives and the Senate of the United States Congress on recognizing the Russian Federation as a state sponsor of terrorism. Instruct the chairman Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine to ensure that the text of the appeal be sent without delay,» the text of the document, published on the website of the Rada, says. Earlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the States were studying the possibility of including the Russian Federation on the list of «accomplices of terrorists.» According to an unnamed CNN source in the administration, the possibility of including Russia on the list is seen as «a tool to hold the Russian Federation accountable» for the situation around Ukraine. «/>»Slogans and Politics». The United States threatens to recognize Russia as a sponsor of terrorismMoscow considers statements from Washington on recognizing Russia as a sponsor of terrorism a «propaganda move,» said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova. Zakharova also warned that the Russian Federation would not leave such measures unanswered. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Ukrainian nationalists are hiding behind civilians as a human shield and «essentially use the tactics of terrorists.» Including, according to him, the Ukrainian authorities rounded up and kept about 6,000 foreign students in Kharkiv for these purposes. The Kremlin also claimed that neo-Nazi formations in Ukraine «commit numerous war crimes… deploying strike weapons in residential areas, cynically hiding behind the civilian population.» » />Putin: nationalists hide behind civilians as a human shieldRussia 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 Kyiv 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.
