Go to media bankAmbassador of Russia to the USA Anatoly Antonov. File photoWASHINGTON, Sep 29The direct involvement of the United States in the conflict on the side of Ukraine is obvious today, Washington is openly increasing the supply of lethal weapons to Kyiv, said Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov. The head of the Russian diplomatic mission, in an article published in the National Interest magazine, drew attention to the fact that today there is a feeling that as if «Russia is being tested for strength.»
"They want to test how much patience we have enough not to react to openly hostile actions and attacks. In fact, Washington is pushing the situation towards a clash of major nuclear powers, fraught with unpredictable consequences", Antonov noted.
The ambassador called the direct involvement of the United States in hostilities on the side of the Kyiv regime an obvious fact. src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/4455987f932fe22575b399aa1bc6fac8.jpg» />Antonov said that START is far from being fully observed by the United States The ambassador also warned American politicians that they are mistaken if they believe that the readiness of the Russian leadership to defend the country does not extend to Crimea and those territories that «may become part of Russia on the basis of the free expression of the people's will.» “I would like to add that some American politicians are mistaken if they think that our willingness to defend our territory does not apply to Crimea or to territories that can become part of Russia on the basis of the free expression of the people,” he said. American officials are intimidating their own and the world community with «imaginary nuclear threats» from Russia, Antonov also said. «Such rhetoric distorts the meaning of what the Russian leadership said,» he said. According to the diplomat, Washington is pushing the situation towards «a clash of the largest nuclear powers, fraught with unpredictable consequences,» although there have been no changes in the conditions for Moscow's use of nuclear weapons. In addition, Antonov issued a warning to Washington regarding the erroneous notion of a possible «local» nuclear conflict in Europe. “They say that the United States will be able to sit out overseas if such a conflict happens in Europe, where there are nuclear forces of Great Britain and France. I emphasize that this is an extremely dangerous “experiment.” It can be assumed with a high degree of confidence that any use of nuclear weapons can «local» or «regional» conflict into a global catastrophe,» he added.US senator: Russia's nuclear strike on Ukraine will be an attack on NATOAt the same time, the ambassador expressed the hope that Russia and the United States, despite all the difficulties, have not come close to falling into the abyss of a nuclear conflict. In this regard, Antonov called on the American side to «stop the threats» against Moscow. President Vladimir Putin, during a recent address to the Russians, said that the West had crossed every line in its anti-Russian policy, as well as in constant threats against the country. Now, as the head of state stressed, nuclear blackmail is being used. At the same time, he recalled that Russia is superior in some components to foreign military equipment, and warned those trying to threaten with nuclear weapons that «the wind rose could turn in their direction.» In turn, Deputy Chairman of the Security Council Dmitry Medvedev wrote in his Telegram channel that if Russia will be forced to use the most formidable weapon against Kyiv, NATO will not directly intervene in the conflict, because, according to him, overseas and European demagogues are not going to die in a nuclear apocalypse. Earlier, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that open confrontation with the United States and NATO is not in the interests of Russia, Moscow hopes that the administration of US President Joe Biden understands the risks of escalation around Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov previously drew attention to the «very significant» risks of nuclear war, but at the same time emphasized that Moscow's principled position is the inadmissibility use of such weapons.
Antonov warned the US about the «dangerous edge» after Blinken's statement