Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov.
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On Thursday, January 19, a journalist from Komsomolskaya Pravda invited the official representative of the Kremlin to discuss the following topic:
… – Our ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, has already stated that the Russian Armed Forces will not leave unanswered attacks on the territory of the state, that is, Russia, including Crimea. He thus reacted to the statement of Western politicians about the imminent deliveries of modern armored vehicles to Ukraine and the words of the official representative of the State Department, Price, about “the permissibility of the use of American weapons for attacks in Crimea”. Dmitry Sergeevich, please tell me, does the opinion of our diplomat Antonov reflect Russia’s point of view on these statements? And what does the Kremlin think about it?
This is what, verbatim, Peskov said:
– Listen, the question itself is formulated slightly incorrectly: does it reflect? Antonov – Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to the United States. How can it not mean…
(Apparently, the spokesman meant: “How can you not reflect?”)
“I’m sorry,” I said.
– … Our country and the president. You’re asking, I’m just correcting. “Komsomolskaya Pravda” should not allow such mistakes.
– My apologies.
“Yes, of course,” Peskov continued. he reflects.
Of course, this discussion itself is about the permissibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons that allow attacks on Russian territory…
Even so, Ukraine has weapons, with the help of which it constantly attacks Russian territory on a daily basis. I mean our new regions.
This is potentially extremely dangerous, it will mean taking the conflict to a new qualitative level, which, of course, will not bode well from the point of view of global pan-European security.
