Moscow has no plans to invade Ukraine, Russian Ambassador to Cyprus Stanislav Osadchiy instructed CNA in an interview on Tuesday.
“Russian troops are on Russian territory and pose no menace,” he added.
Osadchiy additionally accused western media of stocking “hysteria” over Ukraine and mentioned western nations hope to keep away from the questions Moscow is posing over “important points” regarding European safety.
NATO, he added, is making an attempt to strategy the Russian border at a distance which “from our viewpoint, is unacceptable for Russia’s safety.”
“We absolutely perceive that if Brussels places ahead new sanctions, Cyprus might be obliged to vote in favor…with none doubt this is not going to add heat in Cyprus-Russia relations,” he additionally mentioned.
The Ambassador then mentioned the rhetoric of western media over the previous one and a half months has been precisely described as “hysteria” by Russian International Minister Sergey Lavrov.
“We even heard particular dates that the US, NATO and EU are predicting the beginning of a so-called army offensive by Russia…Russian troops are stationed in their very own territory and pose no menace,” he mentioned.
Repeating Lavrov’s phrases, the Ambassador mentioned “we don’t need a warfare.”
He additional pointed to a scenario which he described as being within the verge of “madness” and famous that even Ukraine’s President Zelensky “seems to have been scared by a lot pressure”.
Zelensky was pressured to name on everybody to settle down, and even tried to influence US President Joe Biden that the Ukrainian facet has no data pointing to preparations for an offensive, he mentioned.
Osadchiy reiterated a latest assertion by Lavrov who mentioned “if it relies on the Russian Federation, there might be no warfare.”
Requested about efforts for a everlasting ceasefire, the Ambassador mentioned all of them failed as a result of Ukrainian facet, as reported by the OSCE particular monitoring mission.