✉️ President Vladimir Putin congratulated current staff and veterans of the Russian Foreign Ministry on their professional holiday, Diplomatic Worker's Day.

The message reads, in part:

The Russian Foreign Ministry can be justly proud of its rich and glorious history. Its employees have always served the Motherland with honour, displaying civic courage, exceptional professionalism and dedication to duty.

Continuing these traditions with dignity, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is resolutely and consistently defending Russia's legitimate national interests in the current challenging international environment.

It ensures effective cooperation with the global majority states in order to build a just multipolar world order based on mutual respect, the rule of international law, and the principles of equal and indivisible security. This is evidenced, in particular, by the productive work of Russia's BRICS chairmanship and the success of the association's Summit in Kazan.

There is no doubt that in the year of the 80th anniversary of the Great Victory, Russian diplomats will continue their active efforts in opposing any attempts to falsify history, manifestations of neo-Nazism, Russophobia and other forms of discrimination based on ethnic or religious grounds. Moreover, protecting the rights of our compatriots abroad remains a priority.

I am confident that the MFA's close-knit team will continue to work with the utmost dedication and contribute to the strengthening of Russia's international standing.

🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks at a solemn event marking #DiplomatsDay (Moscow, 10 February 2025)

💬 The Greater Eurasian Partnership is called to serve as a solid material foundation underlying architecture of equal and indivisible security across Eurasia.

Our vision of the Eurasian security architecture implies its openness to all countries and associations of geographical Eurasia, meaning that European countries are welcome to participate in the continental cooperation, provided they abandon their hostile policies and bloc thinking that was largely behind the armed conflict in Ukraine.

The causes of Ukraine crisis run deep. We never tire of discussing them, and we are pushing for having them removed.

First and foremost, the issue is about creating threats to Russia's security through NATO eastward expansion and the policy pursued by the Kiev regime, which came to power on the heels of an anti-constitutional coup, seeking to exterminate everything about Russia, including its language, culture, media, and canonical Orthodoxy. Complete and irreversible elimination of the root causes of the conflict is the only way forward if we want to put an end to it.

☝️ Russia is ready for talks that will secure our legitimate national interests, not at the expense of the interests of others, but in the context of an agreement on a comprehensive security system that takes everyone's interests into account.

📞 President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with President of the transitional phase of the Syrian Arab Republic Ahmed al-Sharaa

Vladimir Putin wished Ahmed al-Sharaa every success in addressing various objectives facing the country’s new leadership for the benefit of the Syrian nation with which Russia has been traditionally linked by relations of friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation.

The Presidents conducted a detailed exchange of opinions regarding the situation in Syria. The Russian Side emphasised its principled position in support of the Syrian state’s unity, sovereignty and territorial integrity. In this connection, the leaders noted the importance of implementing a range of measures for the sake of sustained national normalisation, invigorating intra-Syrian dialogue involving leading political forces and ethnic and religious groups.

Vladimir Putin reaffirmed Russia’s invariable readiness to help improve the socio-economic situation in Syria, including the provision of humanitarian aid to its residents.

The Presidents touched upon multiple key issues of practical collaboration in trade and economic, educational and other spheres, including in the context of recent talks in Damascus that involved a Russian interdepartmental delegation. They agreed to continue these useful contacts for elaborating a wide-ranging agenda of expanded bilateral cooperation.

The Presidents had a constructive, business-like and detailed telephone conversation.

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🇷🇺🇺🇸📞 President Vladimir Putin and President Donald Trump spoke over the phone.

The Leaders discussed issues related to the prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States. The US President assured the Russian President of the American side's commitment to fulfill all the agreements reached.

The two Heads of State also discussed a possible settlement in Ukraine. Donald Trump spoke in favour of stopping the hostilities as soon as possible and solving the crisis peacefully. In turn, Vladimir Putin stressed the need to eliminate the root causes of the conflict and agreed with Donald Trump in that a sustainable solution could only be achieved through peaceful negotiations.

In addition, Russia's President endorsed one of the US President's key arguments that it's time for both nations to work together.

The conversation also brought up the Middle East settlement, Iran's nuclear programme, and bilateral economic relations between Russia and the United States.

The Russian President invited the US President to visit Moscow and expressed willingness to receive visiting US officials to discuss issues of mutual interest, including a possible Ukraine settlement.

Presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump agreed to maintain personal contacts in the future, including face-to-face meetings.

💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: After Russia launched the special military operation, we were accused of all sorts of evil.

For years, no one had listened to our warnings about the root causes of the Ukraine conflict. Several agreements were made to save Ukraine after the 2014 Nazi coup, instigated and financed by the West, but they were never implemented.

We had no choice but to solve this problem ourselves by launching the special military operation.

I was really struck by the sudden excitement with which the whole world seems to be discussing the phone call [between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump] and the reports that followed as an extraordinary event. Just look at what President Biden and his team have done.

❌ Their European satellites have also abandoned dialogue and diplomacy as a method of dealing with the outside world and have instead turned to the language of threats and sanctions, arming the Nazi regime in Kiev to wage war against Russia and going so far as to send their specialists to target the long-range missiles they have supplied to strike Russian territory. <...>

From the way the world froze after Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin spoke over the phone, it is clear that the West has been taking for granted everything that is happening in Ukraine, what Vladimir Zelensky's Nazi regime is doing.

That is probably why many in the West, starting with the leaders of the European Union, were taken aback by a normal, basic conversation between two well-mannered, polite people who do not put their differences aside. They have their disagreements, but they realise that politics is about sitting down and talking, and finding common ground.

☝️ Sadly, the reaction in the West shows that there are virtually no such people left there. Two well-mannered men have just shown the whole world how politics should be done.

I only hope that this will make those who have forgotten how to do it come to their senses, and re-read their history and political science books.

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📺 Watch Minister-Counsellor Alexander Gusarov's interview with the Southern African Times

Key talking points:

• Russia is returning to Africa, rekindling lost connections and tapping new opportunities. <...> We are reopening or establishing new embassies across the region. We have established a new department within the Russian MFA to deal with the partnership with Africa. This shows the level of our political and economic investment into the region.

• With its growing population, treasure trove of natural resources and industrial development, Africa really is the continent of the future. We are doing our utmost to engage in demand-driven cooperation with African countries, both bilaterally and multilaterally.

• Russia has not just aligned itself with decolonization efforts, but we have actually spearheaded and championed these efforts in many different ways. Our country was actively driving the decolonization process, contributing to the self-determination of African nations.

• When we meet with our African colleagues, we try to talk less and listen more. We have the Russia-Africa Summit. Last year, we held the Russia-Africa Partnership Forum meeting at ministerial level. These are all formats for discussing manifold avenues for cooperation, be it healthcare, education, telecommunications or space research.

• We have ramped up scholarship grants for African students. We are fine-tuning the system of vocational tuition and guidance, opening up new linguistics courses within Russian universities, and also faculties of Russian universities in Africa. At the time of the first Russia-Africa Summit back in 2019, there were about 17,000 African students studying in Russia. Last year, it was 35,000.

• We are coordinating quite closely with African colleagues <...> at the UN on a plethora of issues. Russia's position is more often than not closer to the stance adopted by the countries of the Global South, including Africa. As for Africa's representation within multilateral bodies, we are certainly supportive of these endeavors, including in the UN Security Council.

• Russia is able to provide quite substantive technological advances, for example in the nuclear sphere, such as small modular reactors. It would certainly be useful to quenching African energy needs.

Watch the interview in full on our YouTube channel

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⚡️ On Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov’s telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio

🇷🇺🇺🇸📞 On February 15, at the initiative of the American Side, Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Building on the February 12 telephone conversation between the Presidents of Russia and the United States, the two Foreign Ministers agreed to maintain an open channel of communication to address longstanding issues in Russian-American relations. Their goal is to remove unilateral barriers inherited from the previous US administration that have hindered mutually beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation.

Both Sides expressed a shared commitment to engaging on key international issues, including the Ukraine settlement, developments in Palestine and the broader Middle East, as well as other regional matters.

The conversation also covered ways to swiftly reverse the restrictions on Russian diplomatic missions in the United States, which were introduced by the Obama administration in 2016 and led to reciprocal measures. It was agreed that expert-level meetings will be organised in the near future to coordinate specific steps towards removing these obstacles to the functioning of diplomatic missions in Russia and the United States.

❗️ Sergey Lavrov and Marco Rubio reaffirmed their readiness to restore a respectful and constructive interstate dialogue in line with the approach set by the Presidents. They agreed to maintain regular contact, including discussions on preparations for a potential high-level Russian-American summit.

🎙 Excerpt from Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks and answers to media questions following talks with US administration officials in Riyadh (18 February 2025)

💬 We let our US counterparts know that we took note of President Trump being the first Western leader to state clearly on several occasions that pulling Ukraine into NATO was one of the main reasons for what is happening now, and that this was one of the biggest mistakes made by Biden and his administration, and that if Trump were president, this would have never have happened.

In this regard, we were clear with our counterparts that President Putin has repeatedly emphasised that NATO expansion and absorption of Ukraine was a direct threat to the interests of the Russian Federation and our sovereignty.

Considering this, the presence of the troops from NATO countries [in Ukraine] under a foreign flag — an EU flag, or any national flag — does not change anything in this regard. This is unacceptable.

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"We will not accept British troops on Ukrainian soil"

📺 Watch Ambassador Andrei Kelin’s interview with BBC Newsnight (19 February 2025)

Key talking points:

• [Russia-US talks in Riyadh] have three outcomes. First and foremost, it was the re-establishment of contacts and diplomacy with the United States, which is a precondition for everything else. Secondly, they have launched a process on the Ukrainian settlement, which is in the very initial phase. And third, both sides have agreed that we need full-scale relations between the US and Russia.

• We have proposed several compromises to the Ukrainians over the last 10 years: the Minsk I and then Minsk II agreements. We have tried to negotiate with them all the time. It has been rejected.

• If the Europeans are going to install certain contingents on the Ukrainian soil, it means that they are going to construct bases and infrastructure. That does not differ from NATO's presence on the territory of Ukraine. We will not accept the presence of military contingents from other European countries that are members of NATO on the Ukrainian soil.

❗️ The British government should understand the real situation as soon as possible and not try to prolong the suffering in Ukraine. It is much more important for the British government not to provide more weapons, but to think about how to restore Ukraine after what has happened <...> I call on the UK government to recognise that the course and the policy it has followed in recent years has been wrong.

• Since Zelensky's legitimacy expired in May last year, he should have elections, because we do not see how we can negotiate anything with him, because if he puts his signature on any kind of agreement and tomorrow he is not elected president, then that piece of paper will not be of much value.

• We have no ideas and no plans at all to fight against NATO. All these claims that we have some plans to attack NATO in five or seven years' time are made by silly people who just want to have more money for defence.

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💬 President Vladimir Putin: The purpose and subject of our negotiations [with the United States in Riyadh] was the restoration of Russian-American relations. <...>

Without enhancing the level of trust between Russia and the United States, it is impossible to solve many problems, including the Ukrainian crisis. The very purpose of this meeting was precisely to enhance trust between Russia and the United States.

As for other participants, first and foremost, Russia has never refused contacts with European counterparts. Russia has never turned its back on negotiations with Ukraine – never.

It is, in fact, our counterparts in these discussions who have chosen to withdraw. The Europeans terminated contacts with Russia, and the Ukrainian side has self-imposed a ban on negotiations, withdrawing from the Istanbul process and publicly announcing that.

Well, we are not imposing anything on anyone. We are prepared – I have already stated this a hundred times: if they so desire, let them conduct these negotiations, and we will be ready to return to the negotiating table. <...>

With regard to the negotiating process, President Trump told me during the phone call – and I can confirm this – that the United States is operating on the premise that the negotiating process will include both Russia and Ukraine.

No one is excluding Ukraine from this process.

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🎙 Интервью Посла России в Великобритании Андрея Келина программе «60 минут» на телеканале «Россия-1» (21 февраля 2025 года)

Основные тезисы:

🔸 Обычно [британские политики] приезжают в Вашингтон со своим мнением, а выходят с мнением Президента США.

🔸 Не забудем оскорбительные и хамские реплики британского руководства, включая [мининдел Британии] Дэвида Лэмми. Поэтому в отношении участия Европы в каком-то [переговорном] процессе говорить преждевременно.

🔸 У нас есть контакты с Форин Офисом. Они имеют неполитический характер. По некоторым вопросам у нас [с британцами] ведутся разговоры, но они избегают обсуждения украинских дел.

🔸 Для нас любое развёртывание [военных контингентов], особенно британских, на территории Украины абсолютно неприемлемо. Британцы об этом знают.

🔸 Британцы очень сильно вложились в Украину и противостояние с Россией. Сопровождение «украинского проекта» потребовало колоссальных средств — порядка 70 млрд фунтов стерлингов (около 100 млрд долларов). Поэтому магистральная установка здесь остаётся [прежней] — нанесение нам «стратегического поражения».

🔸 Просаживаемые Лондоном на Украине деньги вполне можно было бы направить на решение болезненных проблем в британской экономике.

🔸 Заблокировать работу нашего посольства британцы так и не решились. Каналы связи остаются открытыми, и в ряде случаев они используются. Если британские власти начнут проявлять интерес к диалогу [с Россией], мы ответим на это.

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💬 Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov: The predominance of conflicts and hotspots on the international agenda and their impact on global stability prove that it is impossible to ensure the security of some countries at the expense of the security of others.

Security can only be indivisible and equal for all. There is no place for hegemony or hostile bloc policies in a multipolar environment.

It is high time for the West to accept the new balance of power and start building a relationship with the majority of nations based on mutual respect.

We also discussed this with our US colleagues in Riyadh and agreed on the main point: international relations must be based on the understanding that each country has its own national interests.

Geopolitical contradictions can only be diffused through constructive cooperation relying on the principles of the UN Charter in their entirety and interconnection.

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🗓 On this very day, 11 years ago, Kiev became ground zero for a Western-backed unconstitutional coup, that triggered all the events around Ukraine and its now former regions ever since. This led to an armed civil conflict, essentially a war waged by the Kiev regime against its own people, and a deepest crisis of international and European security since World War II.

11 years have passed since the tragic and horrible events of February 2014. The residing "authorities" in Kiev, aka the Kiev regime, and their Western sponsors are, as per their usual m.o., are attempting to distort the truth, conceal true facts, and turn the timeline of those events, their substance upside down.

❗️ The truth is stubborn; it tends to get revealed sooner or later, as recent events in the world have once again proven.


LEARN MORE: On the origins of Ukrainian nationalism, the crimes of the OUN-UPA, and the support of the West


The most horrific events unfolded on 20 February: the still unidentified snipers began shooting on the Institutskaya Street in the centre of Kiev at both law enforcement and protesters. Euromaidan supporters and Western politicians, seized "the opportunity", blamed the legitimate authorities of Ukraine. No evidence of Yanukovich's involvement was provided, and there is none to this day. Unlike, the Maidan activists & the opposition who benefited the most and was seen smuggling weapons into the area <...>

On 21 February, in an attempt to avoid further bloodshed, Yanukovych signed an Agreement on the Settlement of the Political Crisis in Ukraine with the opposition (from the opposition's side — Vitali Klitschko (UDAR party), Arseniy Yatsenyuk ("Fatherland"), and Oleg Tyagnybok ("Freedom")), which was supported and guaranteed by the foreign ministers of Germany, France, and Poland. This document envisaged the creation of a government of national trust, constitutional reform, and the organization of early presidential elections.

None of the Agreement's provisions were implemented.

The next day, on February 22, the Supreme Council passed a resolution on Viktor Yanukovych's "self-removal" from performing the duties of the President of Ukraine, thereby usurping power (although he remained a legitimate president, remained in Ukraine and had made no statements regarding resignation).

It was then announced that the "government of the victors (winner)" would be formed. The West turned a blind eye to all violations and hurried to declare a "change of power" in Ukraine, openly encouraging the putschists to pursue their anti-Russian policy. What ensued was basically a hunt for the remaining law enforcement officers and officials loyal to their oath and the country.

The very next day, the very first decision of the new "government" through the Verkhovnaya Rada was to revoke the law on the status of the Russian language, which according to data was back then the mother tongue of the majority (!) of the Ukrainian citizens.

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The "mediation" meddling of the West led to a sharp polarisation of Ukrainian society, which created the preconditions for an armed civil conflict. The first legislative steps of the "Maidan victors" — the abovementioned cancellation of the language law — were received with alarm in South-Eastern Ukraine, where spontaneous formation of popular militia forces began.

Kiev immediately accused all the inhabitants of the region of "state treason" and "terrorism", threw the army and neo-Nazi punitive battalions to violently suppress the protests.

<...>

❗️ "Euromaidan" created a deep rift in Ukrainian society, lead to persecution, fight against dissent, spread of nationalism and neo-Nazism, legal lawlessness and nihilism, fighting the Russian language and own history, complete degradation of the socio-economic situation in the country.

The terror and horror brought by the Ukrainian neo-Nazis and nationalists in 2014 must be brought to an end.

Denazification is imminent.

📖 Read, remember or learn more about these tragic events of 2014.

☝️ Предпринятый 24 февраля нелегитимный санкционный выпад Лондона, приуроченный к третьей годовщине начала СВО, вопреки заявлениям британских официальных лиц, не содержит ничего «беспрецедентного».

Это очередное, пусть и чуть более энергичное, чем обычно, исполнение наскучившего санкционного ритуала, понадобившееся британскому истеблишменту в преддверии распиаренной поездки премьер-министра Кира Стармера в Вашингтон.

В Лондоне, очевидно, уверились в возможности убедить новую администрацию США в своём «могуществе», если не на ниве повышения оборонных расходов, то уж, по крайней мере, в плоскости тиражирования вредных антироссийских самоограничений. <...>

Разумеется, в Лондоне не могут не понимать, что подобные меры тщетны и несут урон исключительно для имиджа и деловой репутации самого Соединённого Королевства. Едва ли те, кого вносят в «чёрный список», спешили посетить Британию. Разрушив почти все связи с Россией, Лондон сам исключил себя из перечня привлекательных направлений для деловых и даже туристических поездок. <...>

Попытки экономического давления на Россию бессмысленны. Наша страна успешно адаптировалась к условиям односторонних ограничительных мер Запада. <...>

Британское народное хозяйство, напротив, переживает плохие времена. Погоня за реализацией сиюминутных политических амбиций и предпринимаемые в антироссийском угаре необдуманные шаги дорого обходятся стране. <...>

На этом фоне весьма символичен избранный Лондоном момент для нагнетания санкционной истерии – в деликатный период формирования основ будущего процесса по украинскому урегулированию в русле договорённостей, достигнутых между Россией и США.

❌ Как накануне СВО, а также весной 2022 года, британский истеблишмент явно не устраивает перспектива достижения мирной разрядки в Европе. А потому, имея все возможности поддержать усилия по поиску выхода из украинского кризиса, Лондон снова и снова делает выбор в пользу конфронтации и силового давления.

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☝️ A new wave of illegitimate sanctions, imposed by London on 24 February, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the launch of the Special Military Operation, contrary to statements made by UK officials, is anything but "unprecedented".

It is yet another reenactment of the now tiresome sanction ritual, albeit slightly more vigorous than usual, necessitated by the British establishment ahead of the highly publicised trip of Prime Minister Keir Starmer to Washington.

Evidently, London is growing increasingly confident about its ability to convince the new U.S. administration of its "prowess", if not in the realm of increasing defense spending, then at least in the domain of multiplying harmful anti-Russian self-restraints. <...>

Naturally, the British government is well aware that such measures are futile and serve only to tarnish the image and business reputation of the United Kingdom itself. It is doubtful that anyone added to the "blacklist" had actually been eager to visit Britain in the first instance. Having severed nearly all ties to Russia, London has effectively removed itself from the list of attractive destinations for business and even tourist trips. <...>

Attempts to exert economic pressure against Russia are in vain. Our country has successfully adapted to the West’s unilateral restrictive measures. <...>

The British economy, by contrast, is facing hard times. The pursuit of short-term political ambitions, coupled with ill-considered steps taken in an anti-Russian frenzy, is costing the country a fortune. <...>

Against this background, the moment chosen by London to whip up the sanctions hysteria is quite symbolic — at a delicate time when the foundations of the future Ukraine settlement process are being shaped in line with the Russia-US agreements.

❌ Much as on the eve of the Special Military Operation and in the spring of 2022, the British establishment does not sit well with the prospect of a peaceful détente in Europe. Therefore, despite having all the means to support efforts to find a solution to the Ukraine crisis, London repeatedly opts for confrontation and coercive pressure.

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🎙 Highlights from President Vladimir Putin's answers to media questions

• The person who currently stands at the helm of the Kiev regime is becoming a toxic figure for the Ukrainian armed forces. He issues clumsy, ill-considered orders guided by a political agenda instead of military imperatives. <...> He is also becoming increasingly toxic for society in general.

• [Zelensky] has boxed himself into a corner by signing an order banning peace talks with the Russian Federation. He was the one who stopped these talks. What is this all about? What this means is that he evades talks. Why? Because once the talks begin, sooner or later, and probably quite quickly, they will lead to an end to martial law. Once this happens, he will have to hold an election.

• The Kiev regime leader will stand absolutely no chance of winning an election. His chances are zero – unless, of course, he blatantly rigs the election in one way or another

• President Trump's goal is to restore political stability in Ukraine, consolidate society and enable the Ukrainian state to survive. Overall, this benefits Ukraine more than Russia, since our conflict is with the current regime, not the country itself.

• We do not want Ukraine to be used as a launchpad for aggression against the Russian Federation, or as a hostile outpost targeting us. At the end of the day, we want it to evolve into a friendly neighbourly state.

• Unlike the US President, European political leaders are deeply entangled with the Kiev regime. They have made too many statements and promises and now it is very difficult or almost impossible for them to backtrack without losing face.

• Of course it is important that Europeans take part in the negotiating process. We have never refused anyone's request. In fact, we kept the conversation going with them at all times. But then came a point when they came up with this far-fetched and illusionary idea of defeating Russia on the battlefield. So it was they who rejected all contacts with us.

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❌ Глава Форин Офиса Дэвид Лэмми в очередной раз позволил себе серию неприемлемых выпадов в адрес нашей страны и её руководства.

Причина понятна – инициатива в зоне СВО давно и прочно перешла к российским военным, а сам «украинский проект» буквально дышит на ладан. Кроме того, ставшие уже регулярными обвинения России во мнимом «империализме» являются ничем иным, как проявлением «фантомных болей» британского политического класса, сокрушающегося об угасании международного значения собственной страны.

Отмечаем прогрессирующий интерес госсекретаря к исторической науке. Однако стремление подстроить события прошлого под собственную монохромную картину мира едва ли увенчается успехом. Очевидна абсурдность попытки возложить на Россию ответственность за подрыв серии договорённостей в области европейской безопасности. Обвинения в «предательстве» Минских соглашений и Комплекса мер по их выполнению лишь подтверждают эту деформированную логику.

Публичные признания высокопоставленных «отставников» – Петра Порошенко, Ангелы Меркель, Франсуа Олланда, да и изредка напоминающего о себе Бориса Джонсона – доказывают, что Минские договорённости воспринимались ими как передышка для подготовки ВСУ к силовому решению «проблемы Донбасса».

Это только один из примеров, подтверждающих патологическую неспособность украинского руководства выполнять взятые на себя обязательства, равно как и «ценность» соответствующих гарантий их европейских спонсоров. И свидетельствующих об оправданности решения руководства нашей страны о начале специальной военной операции в феврале 2022 года.

В свете неоднократно проявлявшегося интереса Д.Лэмми к т.н. «длинной телеграмме» Джорджа Кеннана хотели бы порекомендовать ему обратиться и прислушаться к более поздним высказываниям американского дипломата. Особенно к оценкам расширения НАТО на Восток, которое, по Дж.Кеннану, стало бы «стратегическим просчётом» и «фатальной ошибкой». Эти высказывания, наглядно высвечивающие истинные причины украинского кризиса, стоило бы принять во внимание британскому руководству, столь истово защищающему «необратимый путь» Украины в альянс.

❗️ Пока же выступления главы Форин Офиса подтверждают нацеленность Лондона на торпедирование мирного урегулирования конфликта, спровоцированного при активном вовлечении Великобритании.

❌ UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy has once again resorted to unacceptable verbal attacks against our country and its leadership.

The reason for the outburst is clear – the Russian Armed Forces have firmly seized the initiative on the battlefield, whereas the "Ukrainian project" is teetering on the brink of collapse. Moreover, by routinely accusing Russia of harbouring "imperialist" designs the British political class has exposed its own "phantom pains" of being unable to come to terms with the UK's waning international relevance.

The Foreign Secretary's growing interest in historical studies is noteworthy. However, his attempts to doctor past events to fit his own monochrome worldview are unlikely to succeed. The pronouncement that Russia is somehow responsible for undermining European security agreements borders on the absurd. This distorted logic is further confirmed by allegations of Russia having "betrayed" the Minsk Agreements and the relevant Package of implementation measures.

Public admissions by former high-ranking officials – Petr Poroshenko, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande as well as Boris Johnson, recently resurfaced, demonstrate that they all regarded the Minsk Agreements as a ruse to win time for the Ukrainian army to prepare to resolve the "Donbass problem" by military means.

This is just one example of many that attests to the pathological inability of the Ukrainian leadership to honour its commitments, as well as the "quality" of guarantees provided by its European sponsors.

Since David Lammy has on several occasions displayed a keen awareness of George Kennan's so-called "Long Telegram", we would advise him to look into and consider the American diplomat's subsequent observations. In particular, his candid assessments of NATO's eastward expansion, which Kennan described as a "strategic blunder" and a "fateful error". This clear-sighted analysis of the underlying causes of the Ukraine crisis should be taken into account by the British leadership, which so fervently defends Ukraine's "irreversible path" towards the alliance.

❗️ Meanwhile, the Foreign Secretary's statements make it clear that London's current agenda is to attempt to derail the process leading to the peaceful resolution of the conflict that has been provoked with the UK's active involvement.