LONDON: The USA 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 making an attempt to fulfill Russia “midway” and Moscow’s subsequent goal “could possibly 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 battle off Russia’s invasion.
Trump’s rapprochement with Moscow has shocked allies, and fears are rising in Ukraine and Europe that he’s making an attempt to pressure Kyiv to simply accept a peace deal largely beneficial to Moscow.
“We see that it’s not simply the axis of evil and Russia making an attempt to revise the world order however the US is lastly destroying this order,” Zaluzhny advised a convention on the Chatham Home suppose tank.
Talks between the US and Russia confirmed the White Home “makes steps in the direction of the Kremlin, making an attempt to fulfill 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 had been “an enormous problem for all the world”.
