Biden ‘doesn’t want peace’
Russian Embassy: Ukraine wages US proxy war
12/22/2022 at 9:56 am
After the visit of the Ukrainian President Zelenskyj to the USA, the words of the Russian ambassador in Washington come as no surprise: he accuses Ukraine of waging a proxy war for the USA. He accuses both states of not being interested in peace.
Moscow’s ambassador in Washington has accused the United States of continuing a “proxy war” against Russia over the delivery of the Patriot anti-aircraft system to Ukraine. The US is about achieving a victory over Russia, said Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov in Washington. The visit of the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj in Washington was staged in “Hollywood style”. This shows that Washington’s assurances that it is not seeking a confrontation with Russia are “just empty words”.
The allegation made again by the Russian side is itself part of a staging. The term “proxy war” is controversial – Ultimately, he marks how someone judges the questions of whether Russia alone is responsible for the war and whether the West should support Ukraine with arms supplies. The peace researcher Nicole Deitelhoff told ntv.de that “proxy wars” are conflicts in which “superpowers want to achieve their goals against each other without appearing locally as a war party”. This does not apply to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In contrast, the war in Ukraine bears “traits of a proxy war” for the political scientist Johannes Varwick. Varwick assumes that the West is partly responsible for the war and rejects the arms deliveries, while Deitelhoff sees it the other way around. “Russia did not enter a conflict – it started this war to achieve specific Russian goals. Russia is waging this war,” she said.
Proxy wars are rare
From the point of view of the Cologne political scientist Thomas Jäger, the accusation of a proxy war is “always a framework, a framework that has made conflicts understandable for the public”. In Russia, this term is used to explain why its own offensive in Ukraine is progressing so slowly. According to Russian propaganda, Russia is fighting not only with Ukraine, but also with NATO or the “collective West”.
Zelenskyj met US President Joe Biden on Wednesday. According to the Russian ambassador to the United States, Zelensky’s visit showed that neither Washington nor Kyiv are ready for peace. Instead, the “lie” is being spread that Russia is not interested in a peaceful solution, according to Antonov.
Antonov threatens to destroy Patriot system
The United States is guided by the “sick idea of a victory over the Russians on the battlefield,” Antonov said in a message from the embassy published on Facebook. Enormous financial resources, weapons and reconnaissance would be used for this.
At the same time, the diplomat reiterated the well-known Russian warnings that Russia would destroy the Patriot system like other Western weapons. He also claimed that Russia assumes that the weapons will be operated by Americans or specialists from other NATO countries because the Ukrainians are not able to do it themselves. “The United States bears full responsibility for the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict in 2014,” Antonov said. According to him, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin repeatedly Negotiations to resolve the conflict offered.