
Europe may provoke Ukraine to take steps that will interfere with the implementation of agreements between Russia and the United States, said Ambassador-at-Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik.
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Statements by Russian officials about possible risks for agreements with the United States from European countries.
Europe may push Ukraine to take actions that could interfere with the implementation of agreements between Russia and the United States. This was stated by Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik in a commentary to Izvestia.
“The Europeans, I think, may well set up Ukraine, make it such a whipping boy, provoking the same [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky into provocations, including on refineries, on shipments, in some areas that were designated as the subject of these agreements. Therefore, the Europeans may well push Kyiv to direct violations or some provocative steps that would interfere with this deal,” he noted.
One of the possible scenarios, according to the diplomat, is attempts to disrupt Russian fuel supplies so that Moscow is unable to fulfill its obligations under the deal with the United States.

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