VT Foreign Policy Russia says the United States’ hands in the conflict in Ukraine are “visible,” rejecting a portrayal of foreign interference in the war as discreet.
China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang had earlier said that the Ukraine crisis seemed to be driven by an “invisible hand” pushing for the protraction and escalation of the conflict. That “invisible hand” is “using the Ukraine crisis to serve certain geopolitical agendas,” Qin said at a press conference on the sidelines of a parliamentary meeting in Beijing. He also warned that the conflict may escalate or “spiral out of control,” calling for dialog to begin as soon possible.
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmirty Peskov, however, said on Tuesday that he had “to disagree with our Chinese comrades.”
“This is of course a joke. You know what the joke is: this is not an invisible hand, this is the hand of the United States of America, this is the hand of Washington,” Peskov said.
“Washington does not want this war to end. Washington wants, and is doing everything to, continue this war. This is the visible hand,” Peskov added.
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