Ambassador Antonov called on the United States to stop condoning the genocide of Russian speakers

The roof of the Donetsk Republican Center for Maternal and Child Welfare, destroyed by a Ukrainian shell. The mothers were evacuated to the basement. File photoMOSCOW, June 15 Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov called on the United States to stop playing off the fraternal peoples of Russia and Ukraine and condoning the genocide of the Russian-speaking population. The diplomat's comment was posted on the representative's Telegram. Earlier, US Deputy Secretary of Defense Colin Kahl said that the Ukrainian military is being trained in the use of American HIMARS and MLRS multiple launch rocket systems, the deliveries of which to Ukraine were announced earlier. Commenting on this statement, Antonov noted that Washington is so «blinded» by the idea of ​​defeating Russia on the battlefield by the hands of the Ukrainians, that they prefer not to notice the reprisals of Ukrainian nationalists against the inhabitants of Donetsk with the help of Western artillery. objects. We call on the United States to stop conniving at the genocide of the Russian-speaking population, as well as playing off the two fraternal peoples", Antonov said. LPR called the death of more than 400 residents of Rubizhne a genocide