The US government ruled out classifying Russia as a country “sponsor of terrorism” for the invasion launched in Ukraine, arguing that it would have “unintended consequences” for both the Ukrainians and the rest of the world.
“It is not the most effective way, nor the most forceful way to hold Russia accountable for its actions,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters.
The backlash came hours after US President Joe Biden publicly refused to add Moscow to the State Department’s “blacklist”.
For Karine Jean-Pierre, considering Russia a “sponsor of terrorism” could “seriously” affect the distribution of aid on Ukrainian territory, or the agreement between kyiv and Moscow to allow grain exports.
In turn, the Russian presidency (Kremlin) celebrated, through the main spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, the caution on the part of the White House, considering that the mere debate on this issue is already “monstrous” in itself.
“It is good that the president [dos Estados Unidos] respond like this,” Peskov said in statements to state television, quoted by the Russian news agency TASS.
Currently, the US government considers Cuba, North Korea, Iran and Syria as countries that “do not fully cooperate” with the US in the fight against terrorism.
The military offensive launched on February 24 by Russia in Ukraine has already caused the flight of more than 13 million people -more than six million internally displaced persons and more than seven million to neighboring countries-, according to the latest UN data. , which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since World War II (1939-1945).
The Russian invasion – justified by Russian President Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the generality of the international community, which has responded by sending weapons to Ukraine and imposing them on Russia. political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war, which today entered its 195th day, 5,718 civilian deaths and 8,199 wounded, stressing that these figures are well below the real ones.
Source: TSF
