President Volodymyr Zelensky’s dramatic visit to Washington has provoked a sharp and often emotional response in Russia, where both the Kremlin and talking heads on state-run news shows have cast it as a cynical public-relations stunt that shows Ukraine’s dependence on the US.
President Volodymyr Zelensky’s dramatic visit to Washington has provoked a sharp and often emotional response in Russia, where both the Kremlin and talking heads on state-run news shows have cast it as a cynical public-relations stunt that shows Ukraine’s dependence on the US.
Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to Washington, said the visit confirmed that Washington has been waging a “proxy war” against Russia using “enormous resources, weapons, intelligence capabilities”.
As the Russian Army has suffered major setbacks in the war, the country’s officials and its vast propaganda machine have begun to emphasise that Moscow is not only fighting Kyiv, but also waging an existential war against a coalition of western states bent on destroying Russia.
New York Times News Service
