By Tass
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MOSCOW, September 17. /TASS/. Kiev is trying to torpedo the current US administration’s policies for a Ukrainian settlement, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said.
“We also see how Kiev is trying to sabotage this policy of the American administration in every possible way,” Lavrov said at a round table for foreign ambassadors devoted to the Ukrainian settlement.
He recalled Vladimir Zelensky’s statement that Ukraine would consider it a victory if it retained its statehood.
“Even if it didn’t retain the borders it had in 1991, that would still be a victory, because Russia wants to destroy us completely, Zelensky argued. The essence of this admission was that he understands the impossibility of returning to the old life, as if nothing had happened,” Lavrov said. “But then, just the other day, speaking at some international conference, Zelensky stated that giving Putin any part of Ukrainian land would be unthinkable. Some might think that territorial exchanges or attempts to entice Putin by restoring trade with America could stop the war. This is not the case,” Lavrov pointed out. “The main thing for them now is to isolate Russia. Russian assets must be confiscated and given to Ukraine, and Kiev must continue to be armed: ‘We have a shortage of weapons, a shortage of Western support.’ So, essentially, he wants to prevent sound forces in the West from following a sound course.”
As Lavrov noted, Zelensky also spoke of the need to motivate China “to take a path without war,” which also largely depends on the strength of America and Europe. “In other words, he’s setting America and Europe against the People’s Republic of China. Basically, divide and rule or escalate the situation. That’s how many swindlers and adventurers behave,” Lavrov emphasized.
