MOSCOW, May 27. /TASS/. Western countries are displaying the utmost cynicism regarding the tragedy in Starobelsk caused by the Ukrainian army’s strike on a college there, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters.

He also described the challenges facing Russia-US relations at this moment.

TASS has compiled the key statements made by the deputy foreign minister.

Western cynicism

Western countries are displaying the utmost cynicism in response to the tragedy in Starobelsk caused by the Ukrainian strike on a college there: "I, of course, fully agree with everything that was just said regarding the utter unacceptability and extreme cynicism displayed by the West, by those who set the tone in the political field, and by the mainstream media in relation to this terrible tragedy in Starobelsk."