{"id":27694,"date":"2024-05-27T03:29:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27694"},"modified":"2024-05-27T03:29:17","modified_gmt":"2024-05-27T08:29:17","slug":"us-weapons-only-prolong-kiev-regimes-agony-russia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=27694","title":{"rendered":"US weapons only prolong \u2018Kiev regime\u2019s agony\u2019 \u2013 Russia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Washington is not interested in pursuing peace in Europe and only prolongs the suffering of Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s regime, Russia\u2019s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, told journalists, commenting on the latest US weapons package for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The US Defense Department&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/Releases\/Release\/Article\/3787579\/biden-administration-announces-new-security-assistance-for-ukraine\/\">revealed<\/a>&nbsp;a $275 million&nbsp;aid package for Kiev on Friday, to address its&nbsp;\u201curgent battlefield needs,\u201d&nbsp;as the Ukrainian armed forces are losing ground in Donbass and Kharkov Region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cIt is emblematic,\u201d&nbsp;Antonov said, that&nbsp;\u201cthe US announces this supply of deadly products from the local defense industry on the very same day when the Russian leadership clearly and unequivocally confirmed its readiness for negotiations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Meanwhile,&nbsp;Washington has hinted that&nbsp;it could greenlight&nbsp;\u201cmissile strikes deep into the Russian territory,\u201d&nbsp;he added. He urged Washington to recognize the situation&nbsp;\u201con the ground,\u201d&nbsp;and&nbsp;\u201cstop trying to prolong the agony of its pet regime.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Russian President Vladimir Putin reiterated that Moscow is ready to return to the negotiating table, provided that talks are based on the current realities on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cBut with whom to negotiate? That\u2019s a peculiar question, I agree,\u201d&nbsp;he told journalists on Friday, noting that&nbsp;\u201cthe legitimacy of the incumbent head of the [Ukrainian] state has expired.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">It\u2019s up to Ukraine\u2019s legal system, its parliament, constitutional court,&nbsp;and other bodies to determine how to move forward, Putin said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Zelensky\u2019s term as president expired on Monday, with no elections&nbsp;scheduled&nbsp;due to martial law, which was introduced soon after the escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict in February 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/russia\/598220-us-arms-prolong-agony\/\">rt<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington is not interested in pursuing peace in Europe and only prolongs the suffering of Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s regime, Russia\u2019s ambassador to the US, Anatoly Antonov, told journalists, commenting on the latest US weapons package for Ukraine. The US Defense Department&nbsp;revealed&nbsp;a $275 million&nbsp;aid package for Kiev on Friday, to address its&nbsp;\u201curgent battlefield needs,\u201d&nbsp;as the Ukrainian armed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":27695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1153],"tags":[10444,1384,2628,1500,3147],"class_list":["post-27694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military","tag-america-2","tag-arms","tag-kiev","tag-pentagon","tag-regime"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27694"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27696,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27694\/revisions\/27696"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27695"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}