Kremlin: The rhetoric of the head of state who killed hundreds of thousands of people is unforgivable.
A Kremlin spokesman described the US president’s recent rhetoric against his Russian counterpart as unacceptable and unforgivable.
The accusation and insult of US President Joe Biden against his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin met with a sharp reaction from the Kremlin.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday morning that Biden’s rhetoric was “unacceptable” and “unforgivable.”
According to the RIA Novosti website, Peskov said in a statement: “We consider such rhetoric of the [US] head of state, whose bombings have killed hundreds of thousands of people around the world, unacceptable and unforgivable.”
Earlier, during a ceremony, Biden initially answered a reporter’s question about whether he was ready to call Putin a war criminal, but moments later asked the reporter to repeat his question, saying, “I think he is a war criminal.”
Shortly afterwards, White House spokeswoman Jennifer Sackie said Biden had “spoken her mind.” (More details)
Russia says Ukraine has not fulfilled its obligations under the Minsk agreements reached in 2014 and 2015 to resolve the dispute between separatists and Kiev. Vladimir Putin says Russia’s military operation is aimed at “demilitarizing Ukraine” and “de-Naziizing” the country.
Hours after the Russian invasion, Ukraine announced that it had cut off all diplomatic ties with the country. Western nations have repeatedly imposed sanctions on Russia, including several of its banks, cut off Swift’s messenger system.
