2023-05-04 17:45:27
Speaking to the US channel MSNBC, John Kirby said that “there was no involvement of the United States in this case” and that Washington authorities continue to assess the situation.
The Russian presidency today blamed the United States for the alleged attack, on Wednesday, after Kiev already denied any involvement in the alleged operation.
“Efforts by Kiev and Washington to deny responsibility are absolutely ridiculous. Decisions about these types of attacks are not made in Kiev, but in Washington. Kiev is just doing what it’s told,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused at a press conference.
In response, his White House counterpart accused Peskov of lying: “We don’t do that,” Kirby said, adding that the United States “does not dictate [à Ucrânia] the way they defend themselves or the operations they carry out” and even discourage Kiev from attacks outside its territory.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky also denied responsibility for the alleged attack.
“We are not attacking Putin or Moscow, we are just fighting on our territory, defending our towns and cities”, said Zelensky in Helsinki, at a joint press conference with the leaders of Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland. .
“We don’t attack Putin, we leave that to a court,” said the Ukrainian head of state, referring to efforts for the international community to find mechanisms to prosecute the Russian president for military aggression against Ukraine.
Zelensky is currently in the Netherlands and visited the International Criminal Court in The Hague, where he insisted on the creation of a special court to judge Russian aggression against his country.
In its daily analysis of the war in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) suggests that the alleged attack on the Kremlin was staged, with the aim of “establishing conditions for broader social mobilization”. .
The group of US analysts from the ISW refers that the Russian authorities have recently taken new measures of internal air defense, including in the Moscow area, and that, therefore, “it is extremely unlikely” that the ‘drones’ have managed to cross the various defensive structures.
The Russian Investigative Committee opened a criminal case on Wednesday for what it classified as a “terrorist attack” and, on the same day, the former Russian President and number two on the Moscow Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, called for the “elimination ” Zelensky, as a form of retaliation.
Speaking to MSNBC today, Kirby also commented on the recent stance taken by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Republican Kevin McCarthy, in favor of continuing US support for Ukraine, contrary to a wing of his party.
The White House spokesman welcomed McCarthy’s words and said “the majority of House Republicans are still in favor of supporting Ukraine”, classifying the representatives who oppose it as “a small minority”.
The military offensive launched on February 24, 2022 by Russia in Ukraine has so far caused the flight of more than 14.6 million people – 6.5 million internally displaced and more than 8.1 million to European countries -, according to with the latest data from the UN, which classifies this refugee crisis as the worst in Europe since the Second World War (1939-1945).
At least 18 million Ukrainians are in need of humanitarian aid and 9.3 million are in need of food aid and housing.
The Russian invasion – justified by the Russian President, Vladimir Putin, with the need to “denazify” and demilitarize Ukraine for Russia’s security – was condemned by the international community in general, which has responded by sending arms to Ukraine and imposing it on Russia of political and economic sanctions.
The UN presented as confirmed since the beginning of the war 8,709 dead civilians and 14,666 wounded, underlining that these numbers are far below the real ones.
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