Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called Joe Biden’s UN speech “indecent” and accused the US president of misquoting his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
“As for the speech of the President of the United States, I think it is absolutely indecent how it started. Indecent, not because they have nothing to do and have no right to play in other countries. We started, as always, check the Biden’s words. Biden said that with conviction, but the president of Russia didn’t say that.”said the Kremlin representative, quoted by the Russian news agency RIA.
Zakharova described the way Putin’s words were twisted by Biden and the US press as “propaganda” and as “contrary to what was actually being said”.
In his UN speech, Biden accused Russia, “a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council,” of invading a neighboring country and trying to “wipe a sovereign state off the map.” “President Putin has openly made nuclear threats against Europe, recklessly ignoring the responsibilities of a non-proliferation regime. Now Russia is calling on more soldiers to join the fight and the Kremlin is organizing a fraudulent referendum to try to annex parts of Ukraine a serious violation of the United Nations Charter,” he said on Wednesday.
“Putin claims he had to act because Russia felt threatened. But no one threatened Russia and no one but Russia sought this conflict,” Biden said. Later, in light of the Russian leader’s comments that he could resort to the nuclear arsenal, he repeated what he has already said about the threat of nuclear weapons: “A nuclear war cannot be won and cannot be fought.” .”
Vladimir Putin already mentioned in his speech that the West was launching “nuclear blackmail”.
“We are talking not only about the bombing of the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant, which is being encouraged by the West, but also about the statements made by some of the highest representatives of NATO about the possibility of using weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons against Russia. who make such statements, I would like to remind you that our country also has various means of destruction, some of which are more modern than those of the NATO countries.If the territorial integrity of our country is threatened, we will certainly all signify our willingness to destroy Russia and protect our people. This is not a bluff. Those who are trying to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that the weather vane can turn and point at them,” the Kremlin leader said honestly on Wednesday morning.
The military offensive launched by Russia on February 24 in Ukraine has already resulted in nearly 13 million people being displaced, according to the latest UN data – more than six million displaced and nearly seven million to neighboring countries. 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 international community at large, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and Russia to impose sanctions in all sectors, from banking to energy and sports.
Source: DN
