Russia slams Zelenskyy, saying ‘everyone is tired of the beggar from Kyiv’
Russia’s ambassador to the U.S. poured scorn on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s trip to the U.S. this week, stating that “everyone is tired of the beggar from Kyiv.”
“Zelensky’s trip turned out to be empty,” Ambassador Anatoly Antonov said on the Russian embassy’s Telegram channel.
“It was not possible to convince that Ukraine is more important than the security of the United States. Everyone is tired of the beggar from Kyiv,” Antonov claimed.
Anatoly Antonov, Russian ambassador to the United States.
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Antonov’s comments come a day after Zelenskyy met his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden as well as lawmakers from both parties as he pressed home Ukraine’s need for additional funding to help it to continue to fight Russia’s invasion.
The U.S. also announced on Tuesday further, sweeping sanctions on more than 250 individuals and entities accused of helping Russia to evade sanctions imposed on it following its invasion of Ukraine. It also announced a new package of weapons and equipment for Kyiv.
Antonov said the measures would not work, and would not help Ukraine, saying that “restrictions and supplies of military products will not affect Russia’s foreign policy priorities.”
“The anti-Russian steps announced today – new sanctions and another shipment of weapons – are nothing more than an attempt to put a good face on a bad game. Nothing will help Zelenskyy,” he added.
“The Americans risk getting even more bogged down in the quagmire of the Ukrainian conflict,” he said.
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