Moscow: Kiev and western sponsors directly responsible for bloodshed in E.Ukraine
3 May, 2014
Kiev’s
government and its western allies bear full responsibility for the
recent bloodshed in Ukraine, Russia’s presidential spokesman has
said, adding it is now impossible to convince people in the region to
disarm because their lives are under threat.
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Spokesperson
for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, released an
official statement following the tragic events in Odessa. 39
anti-government activists have
died
in a fire at the Trade Unions House there, after the building was set
ablaze by pro-Kiev radicals.
Some anti-Kiev protesters burned to death, while others suffocated or
jumped out of windows, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said.
Peskov
expressed deep condolences for the families of those who died in the
tragedy on behalf of President Vladimir Putin and said the Kiev
government and the West had blood on their hands.
“The
authorities in Kiev not only bear direct responsibility, but are
complicit in these criminal activities. Their arms are up to the
elbows in blood,”
Peskov said.
He
said the tragedy in Odessa was the product of “the
connivance of those who consider themselves the authority in Kiev.”
“They
allowed extremists and radicals to burn unarmed people alive. I
stress that these people were unarmed.”
Peskov
condemned the position adopted by Washington and a number of European
countries as motivated by cynicism.
“It
is the highest manifestation of cynicism. The people who justify this
punitive operation are the same ones that did not allow the
legitimate President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovich, to bring order to
the country,”
said Peskov, referring to the special operation being carried out in
the East of Ukraine at the order of the Kiev government.
The
latest escalation in the fighting in eastern Ukraine has made it
impossible for any nation to convince people to disarm in the region
because their lives are at risk, said Peskov.
“In
spite of consistent attempts to encourage dialogue, Russia has hit
against provocation not only from Kiev, but also its Western
sponsors,"
he said, stressing that Russia could not find a solution to the
current conflict on its own.
Addressing
the Ukrainian elections that are set to take place later this month,
Peskov said the prospect of such a vote was “absurd”
while violence continues to rage in the country.
The
president’s spokesperson announced on Friday that Kiev had
effectively destroyed the last vestige of hope for implementing the
Geneva agreement on de-escalating the Ukrainian crisis by unleashing
a ‘punitive operation’ in eastern Ukraine. Russia views the
operation as criminal and has urged the Ukrainian government not to
use force against unarmed civilians.
However,
the EU and the US have both supported the Kiev government’s
operation. President Barack Obama called it “a
move to restore order,”
while EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said "the
state's monopoly on the legitimate use of violence needs to be
respected."
“Our colleagues in the
West are basically trying to justify the large number of murders we
are seeing,”
said Peskov, calling Ashton’s statement “monstrous.”
When asked how Russia would react to the escalating conflict in
Ukraine, Peskov said he was unable to answer that question at
present.
“This is
unknown territory for us,”
said the presidential spokesperson, adding that the Russian
government has received thousands of calls from southeastern Ukraine,
demanding Moscow’s help.
“Desperate
people call, they ask for help. The vast majority want Russia’s
help,”
said Peskov. “All of these
calls are reported to President Vladimir Putin.”
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