RUSSIA WILL WIN ‘HYBRID WAR’ WITH UKRAINE AND WEST, KREMLIN SAYS

Tue 17 May 2022:

On Tuesday, the Kremlin said that Russia will win the “hybrid war” with Ukraine and the West and achieve all of its objectives.

“We are sure that everything will be fine, that we will win, that we will achieve all the goals,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at the New Horizons educational marathon conference in Moscow.

He claimed that Russia is at war not only with Ukraine, but also with the United States and other Western countries.

“We still mildly call them ‘unfriendly states,’ but I would say that they are already hostile states because what they are doing is war,” the spokesman asserted.

According to Peskov, Russia is dealing with a “hybrid war,” which suggests not only the involvement of American and British advisers and supplies of weapons to Ukraine, but also a diplomatic, political, and economic war – an attempt to isolate Russia in the world.

Seeking for tools to subvert Russia, the Western countries break the fundamental values, including the inviolability of private property, he said.

“Sometimes it seems that the very existence of Russia is a significant irritant for the collective West, and they are ready to do anything to prevent us from developing and living the way we want,” he defended.

For years, Russia tried to explain to the West that it does not like “missiles and guns” placed near its borders when NATO keeps expanding, Peskov said.

He stressed that Moscow tried to negotiate new security principles in Europe on how to live together in peace so that there are no measures of discrimination in economy and trade.

“But they didn’t really listen to us, because there is very strong competition in the world, and in general, the collective West is arranged in the form of a pyramid, with the US standing at the top of it. The control center is located there,” he said.

However, Russia has all it needs to cope with the current problems and reserves for the development.

Finally, the confrontation with the West will end with the formation of a new world where the voice of Russia will be heard, he said.

“I am convinced that any war ends in peace. And this world will be one where our voice will be heard, where we will be comfortable, where we will be safe, and where we will stand confidently on our feet,” Peskov said.

Putin’s Visit To Ankara Not Expected In Coming Days

Russian President Vladimir Putin is not expected to pay a visit to Turkey in the coming days, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, adding that no preparations are underway.

Earlier in the day, the Yeni Safak newspaper reported that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has invited the Russian president to Turkey for a working meeting, with the visit expected in the coming days.

“I do not have such information. As far as I know, Putin’s visit to Ankara is not being prepared in the coming days,” Peskov told reporters.

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