Moscow to respond to any attack on its interests in Ukraine
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov is convinced that the United States ‘is running the show’ in Ukraine.
He also drew a parallel with the war in Georgia in 2008. Moscow will attack in response to an attack if its interests in Ukraine are damaged, Lavrov claimed.
The fact that Kiev resumed the anti-terrorist operation against separatists when the U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was visiting the Ukrainian capital proves the U.S. participation in the conflict, Lavrov thinks.
Spokesperson for the United States Department of State Jen Psaki reacted to Lavrov’s statement by calling his arguments ridiculous and ungrounded, BBC reports.
Kiev and the West say that pro-Russia activists in Donetsk are backed up by Russian soldiers. Russia flatly refutes it.
The USA openly demanded that Moscow urged armed pro-Russia activists to lay down arms and release the seized governmental buildings earlier. Washington also suggested that Moscow refused from aggressive rhetoric and threatened Russia with new sanctions.
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