« How would the Americans react if a drone hit the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon? » Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov asked.
The Russian ambassador to the United States has accused President Joe Biden’s administration of supporting Ukrainian cross-border attacks after an alleged drone strike hit the Kremlin.
Russian authorities have called Wednesday’s incident an assassination attempt against Russian President Vladimir Putin, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has denied any connection to the alleged attack, while President Joe Biden’s administration has cast doubt on the official narrative, saying it did not support such actions and that it was up to Kyiv to decide how it would defend itself.
« The world remembers how, in 2001, the Russian President was the first to lend a helping hand to the American people, who were then subjected to the terrorist attack, » Antonov said. « Everything is forgotten. Today the United States is whitewashing the Kiev criminals. »
« The statements of high-ranking officials that Kiev can choose how to defend itself are the textbook example of double standards, a policy of encouraging the Zelensky regime to attack the Russian Federation, » he added. « The words of the bureaucrats about allegedly deterring the Kiev Nazi regime from hitting targets outside its borders are a false farce. »
Zelensky and his administration have vehemently denied any ties to Nazism, though Putin has declared Ukraine’s « de-Nazification » along with its « demilitarization » to be top aims of his so-called « special military operation » first launched in February 2022.
Meanwhile, Antonov vowed a severe response to the alleged Kremlin attack and asserted that the U.S. would do the same if such an action were to be conducted against its own top government buildings.
« How would Americans react if a drone hit the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon? The answer is obvious for any politician as well as for an average citizen: the punishment will be harsh and inevitable, » Antonov said.
« Russia will respond to this insolent and presumptuous terrorist attack, » he added.
