Antonov: Russia aims at “ending the long-lasting genocide of civilians in Donbass and disarm neo-Nazis in Ukraine”

Unlike the United States, Russia is doing everything to prevent war crimes in Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov said, commenting on US Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s attempts to blame the Russian leadership for the deaths of thousands of Ukrainians and Russian soldiers.

“Such cynical rhetoric of the US Department of State representative is unacceptable,” the embassy quoted Antonov as saying in its Telegram channel. “Washington should bring charges against itself for destroying cities and killing tens of thousands of people in Yugoslavia, Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria. The countless atrocities that marked the path of the US – NATO armed interventions are not limited to the recent history.”

 He recalled that “the world honored the memory of the victims of Yugoslavia” on Thursday.

“The US bombings, which lasted 78 days, took lives of more than 2 thousand innocent people, including children, women and the elderly. America has wiped out numerous civilian infrastructure facilities. As a result, the country plunged into a humanitarian catastrophe,” the Russian diplomat said.

Antonov added that the Russian special operation “aims to put an end to the long-lasting genocide of civilians in Donbass and disarm neo-Nazis in Ukraine.”

“It’s time to understand that our country, unlike the United States, is doing everything to stop war crimes,” he said.

 Source: Itar Tass