U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink has finally directly pointed to Russia as the source of the missile attacks that have been hitting Ukrainian cities in recent days, following public criticism from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Andriy Kovalenko, Head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, responded to the statement of the American diplomat.
"The word 'Russia' was used. Progress," Kovalenko wrote .
Recall, Brink was criticized after a post about the attack on Kryvyi Rih without mentioning that the attack was specifically Russian.
In particular, President of Ukraine Zelensky drew attention to the ambassador's statement.
"Unfortunately, the reaction of the American Embassy is unpleasantly surprising: such a strong country, such a strong people - and such a weak reaction. They are even afraid to say the word "Russian" when talking about the missile that killed children," the head of state said the day before.
At the same time, the president agreed that the war must end, but believes that "in order to end it, we must not be afraid to call a spade a spade."
"We must not be afraid to put pressure on the only one who continues this war and ignores all the world's proposals to end it. We must put pressure on Russia, which chooses to kill children instead of a ceasefire. We must introduce additional sanctions against those who cannot exist without ballistic strikes on neighboring people. We must do everything possible to save lives," Zelenskyy urged.
According to him, Ukraine has discussed with the American side the provision of additional air defense systems to protect against such missile strikes.
"We are counting on our agreements with the President of the United States, who promised to help with the search for additional "patriots". And we are counting on the fact that the power of the world will still overcome this evil - this war, this Russian aggression," the head of state concluded.
We should add that Ukrainian writer Oksana Zabuzhko called US Ambassador to Ukraine Bridget Brink a bitch because of her outrageous reaction to the Russian strike on Kryvyi Rih.