Macron, Scholz and Draghi in Ukraine: the Kremlin considers Western arms deliveries “futile”

“Futile” is the term used by the Kremlin to describe Western arms deliveries to Ukraine, when the French president, the German chancellor and the head of the Italian government are in kyiv.

Not long ago, however, Vladimir Putin warned against a possible “destabilizing” of the situation, in the event of continued Western arms deliveries to kyiv.

He had warned on June 5 that Russia would aim for new targets if long-range missiles were supplied to Ukraine, while the Ukrainian president is still demanding more weapons from the West.

“One would like to hope that the leaders of these three countries... are not going to focus solely on supporting Ukraine and plans to continue to inundate it with arms.

This is utterly futile and will only inflict more harm on this country,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

He said "on the other hand, hope that they will urge (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky to have a realistic approach to the situation".

“Zero utility”

For his part, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev mocked in English on Twitter the visit of the three European leaders, qualifying them with hackneyed clichés as "connoisseur of frogs, that of sausages and that of pasta".

European fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti love visiting kyiv.

With zero use.

Promised EU membership and old howitzers to Ukraine, lushed up on gorilka and went home by train, like 100 years ago.

All is well.

Yet, it won't bring Ukraine closer to peace.

The clock's ticking

— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) June 16, 2022

According to him, this trip by Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi had "zero utility" and insinuated that they were getting drunk on "horilka", Ukrainian vodka.

“They again promise EU membership, old howitzers, then soaked in horilka, they will go home by train, like 100 years ago,” wrote this close friend of Vladimir Putin, long judged, on Twitter more liberal than the current master of the Kremlin.

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Dmitry Medvedev, who was president from 2008 to 2012 and prime minister from 2012 to 2020, is now deputy chairman of Russia's powerful Security Council.