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Russia, US have opposite approaches to developments in Ukraine — senior diplomat

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in response to a request for help by the heads of the Donbass republics

MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Moscow and Washington have opposite approaches to the developments in Ukraine, which stem, to a larger extent, from Washington’s policy, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov said on Tuesday.

"We have diametrically opposed approaches to what is going on in Ukraine. Everything that is happening there now, to a larger extent, stems from the policy Washington has been pursuing for years," he said.

According to the Russian senior diplomat, Washington has been deliberately seeking to make an "anti-Russia" out of Ukraine and has been "depriving the Kiev authorities of any possibility to do at least something to implement the Minsk agreements." "The United States’ role in this tragedy is absolutely destructive. We condemn this American position," Ryabkov stressed. "But that is in the past now. Our efforts are focused entirely on the goals of the special military operation."

On February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in response to a request for help by the heads of the Donbass republics. He stressed that Moscow had no plans of occupying Ukrainian territories, but aimed to demilitarize and denazify the country.

Following this step, the United States, the European Union, the United Kingdom and several other countries announced sanctions against Russia individuals and legal entities.