LONDON: America is “destroying” the established world order because it tears up its stance on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s ambassador to the UK mentioned on Thursday (Mar 6).
Valery Zaluzhny, who grew to become ambassador in 2024 after three years as commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s military, mentioned the US was now attempting to satisfy Russia “midway” and Moscow’s subsequent goal “may very well be Europe”.
It got here as European Union leaders started crisis talks in Brussels on confronting US President Donald Trump’s pivot away from Kyiv and its allies.
Since an explosive assembly between Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky final week, Washington has suspended army assist and intelligence sharing which have helped Ukraine struggle off Russia’s invasion.
Trump’s rapprochement with Moscow has shocked allies, and fears are rising in Ukraine and Europe that he’s attempting to drive Kyiv to simply accept a peace deal largely beneficial to Moscow.
“We see that it’s not simply the axis of evil and Russia attempting to revise the world order however the US is lastly destroying this order,” Zaluzhny advised a convention on the Chatham Home assume tank.
Talks between the US and Russia confirmed the White Home “makes steps in the direction of the Kremlin, attempting to satisfy them midway”, he mentioned.
He added that the suspension of intelligence sharing and an earlier US choice to oppose a United Nations decision condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine have been “an enormous problem for all the world”.
