MOSCOW, June 23. /TASS/. The European Union has shown a desire to "sit at the negotiating table" on resolving the Ukraine conflict but has so far taken no concrete steps to do so, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told reporters on the sidelines of the Primakov Readings international research and expert forum.
According to him, the EU’s militarization efforts are accompanied by a large-scale propaganda campaign aimed at portraying Russia as a bogeyman.
TASS has gathered the key statements made by the senior Russian diplomat.
West using Ukraine as proxy
The West is using Ukraine as an expendable resource in its hybrid war against Russia: "In this hybrid war, Ukraine is being used as an expendable resource and a battlefield for attempts to contain Russia and inflict a strategic defeat on it."
