The Kremlin denounced on Thursday a lack of "willingness to listen to Russia" after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States, during which he received new aid promises, proof for Moscow that Washington is leading a " indirect war” in Ukraine.
During this trip, his first abroad since the start of the Russian offensive in February, Mr. Zelensky was received as a hero in Washington, talking with his counterpart Joe Biden and delivering a speech to the applause of parliamentarians Americans.
The Ukrainian head of state has garnered the promise of a massive support envelope of nearly 45 billion dollars and new arms deliveries with, for the first time, the supply of the Patriot anti-aircraft defense system.
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"So far, we can note with regret that neither (US) President Joe Biden nor President Zelensky have said anything that could be perceived as a potential willingness to listen to Russia's concerns," reacted Thursday the spokesman of the Russian presidency, Dmitry Peskov.
Arms deliveries will only “aggravate” the conflict
According to him, during this visit there were no “genuine calls for peace” or American “warnings” to Mr. Zelensky against “continuing the bombardment of residential buildings in the populated areas of Donbass”. , a region in eastern Ukraine partly controlled by pro-Russian separatists and regularly targeted by Ukrainian forces.
"It shows that the United States is continuing its de facto and indirect line of war with Russia, down to the last Ukrainian," the Kremlin spokesman added.
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'Your money is not charity': Zelensky acclaimed in US Congress
On Wednesday, the day of Volodymyr Zelensky's visit to the United States, the Kremlin warned against further US arms deliveries to Ukraine, which would only "aggravate" the conflict.
Zelensky told him that Western aid to his country, which has become a crucial element of the conflict, was an "investment in global security and democracy", and "not charity".