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The conference on the Ukraine conflict in Switzerland will expose Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky's failed peace agenda, while Russia will continue to work on the return of its ancestral territories without paying any attention to this initiative, Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said.
"What are the advantages of the Swiss 'peace conference' for Russia?… Primarily, it will be another proof of the collapse of the so-called peace plan from that dimwit Zelensky," the senator wrote on his Telegram channel.
"It will allow our armed forces to continue cleaning the territory of Novorossiya from neo-Nazis without interference and without looking back at someone's moronic 'peace initiatives,' and all of us - to carry out meticulous work on... the speedy return of our ancestral territories to Russia," Medvedev pointed out.
Earlier, the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs said that Bern had invited more than 160 delegations, including those from the G7, the G20 and the BRICS countries, to the conference on Ukraine, which will be held on June 15-16 in the Burgenstock resort. According to the country's authorities, Russia is not among the invitees "at this stage."
Cameron’s claims about Ukrainian strikes on Russia 'a direct escalation' — Kremlin
The Kremlin views British Foreign Secretary David Cameron’s claims that Kiev is entitled to use British-made weapons for strikes on Russia as a direct escalation, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
"We see this kind of verbal escalation from officials. We see it both at the level of heads of state, when it comes to France, and at a rather expert level, when it comes to the UK," the spokesman said.
"This is a direct escalation of tensions around the Ukrainian conflict, which could potentially pose a threat to European security, for the entire European security architecture," Peskov added.
He characterized Cameron’s remarks as "yet another very dangerous claim."
"We register this kind of dangerous trend towards escalation of tensions in official statements. This is concerning," the spokesman said.
On May 2, Reuters published an interview with Cameron, in which he claimed that Ukraine has a right to carry out strikes on targets in Russia using British-made weapons. Later, the interview was withdrawn - according to the news agency, "pending review of certain details in the story."
The new version was published at midnight, and did not differ from the initial material. It also contained London’s promise to continue providing $3.74 billion of aid to Ukraine annually for as long as it would take.
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