“Moscow, Kremlin, Putin” program on Russian state television’s Channel One that Kirby’s statement meant “the masks are off and everybody has shown their beastly grin, apart from us and the Chinese comrades.”
all Washington - they are overwhelmed with the desire not to allow under any pretext to get on track to a peaceful settlement, they won’t allow Kyiv to even think about it.”
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“peace settlement is unacceptable.” He was talking about an immediate cease-fire.
on March 19, Kirby said Washington would not accept any “cease-fire” calls from Xi in Moscow, because it would only serve Russia’s interests in the war the Kremlin waged against Ukraine:
that President Xi will call and talk to [Ukrainian] President [Volodymyr] Zelenskyy because we believe that the Chinese need to get the Ukrainian perspective here.”
responded to Zelenskyy’s invitation to visit Ukraine or even speak by phone. While claiming “neutrality,” since the Kremlin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine a year ago.
regions it has occupied. It also does not include any measures for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
, telling CNN:
wasn't attacking Russia, NATO wasn't attacking Russia, the United States wasn't attacking Russia. This was a war of choice waged by Putin.”