Sabotage for Russia?

Kremlin insults Zelensky as “hysterical”

The Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Selenskyj

(Bild: ASSOCIATED PRESS)

While Ukrainian head of state Volodymyr Zelensky is desperately asking the West for more help in the defensive struggle against the Russian war of aggression, the Kremlin is dismissing the demands as "hysteria". Current developments, however, speak a completely different language. The situation on the Ukrainian front is bad. In addition, Russian acts of sabotage in Europe are increasing.

"Various representatives of the Kiev regime, yes, and even Zelenskyi himself, have made many statements in recent days, sometimes in effect slipping into hysteria," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday, according to Russian news agencies.

This is due to Ukraine's poor situation on the front. Ukraine has been fending off a Russian war of aggression for more than two years. In recent months, Kiev has increasingly found itself on the defensive due to a lack of arms supplies from the West. Just over a week ago, Russia also launched another ground offensive in the Kharkiv region in north-eastern Ukraine in order to overload the weakened defense lines. Since the beginning of the year, the Russians have occupied several hundred square kilometers of Ukrainian territory.

Peskov: US arms deliveries can no longer change anything
According to Peskov, even the resumption of arms deliveries from the USA can no longer change the dynamics of the war. "This understanding is growing, and of course this does not contribute to security and balance in the statements of the Kiev regime," he said. Moscow uses the word "regime" pejoratively for the Ukrainian leadership in order to cast doubt on its legitimacy and justify its own brutal war of aggression against the neighboring country.

Meanwhile, according to Prime Minister Donald Tusk, nine people have been arrested in Poland in connection with suspected acts of sabotage on behalf of Russia. "The offenses include assault, arson and attempted arson," Tusk told the private Polish television station TVN on Tuesday. Lithuania, Latvia and possibly Sweden were also affected by the incidents, he said.