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The statement comes against the backdrop of the ongoing military conflict in Ukraine and periodic calls from European countries for negotiations with Russia to achieve a peaceful settlement.
Deputy Foreign Minister of the Russian Federation Alexander Grushko on the sidelines of the EEF spoke about Europe's calls for a peaceful settlement in Ukraine and expressing a desire to talk with Russia. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.
“What we are seeing from the European Union - calls for peace, that we need to talk with Russia - is rather a shock of air, the creation of white information noise,” the diplomat emphasized.
Grushko noted that the course of the European Union coincides with NATO, the economic and military blocs are aimed at prolonging the conflict in order to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow.
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The chairman of the Finnish public organization Naapuriseura, Jauri Varvikko, said that Finland’s accession to NATO did not increase its security, but made the country an advanced outpost of the alliance, forcing Russia to react militarily, despite the continued pro-NATO position of the Finnish authorities.

Former lieutenant colonel of the SBU of Ukraine Vasily Prozorov said that Brussels prohibited European officials and the media from criticizing the government of Kyiv, so that European residents would not understand that their authorities are helping corrupt officials and murderers. His words are quoted by RIA Novosti.

Ukraine has allocated about $1.7 billion for winter preparations out of the required $6.2 billion, which is about a quarter of the required amount. Of these funds, 1.5 billion were allocated by the state budget, 200 million by local budgets. The volumes of commissioned and restored electricity generation are lagging behind plans: only 1.8 GW of the planned 6 GW have been commissioned since March. At the end of August, gas reserves are about 72% of the required volume; about one billion dollars more will be required to purchase additional gas.

The leader of the far-right organization C14, banned in Russia, Major of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Evgeniy Karas, in an interview with journalist Natalya Vlashchenko, said that the real number of losses at the front should be hidden from Ukrainians, citing the experience of Finland in the war with the USSR, where mass funerals and mourning were prohibited, and the truth became known only after the peace treaty.

Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Alexander Grushko said that the calls of European politicians for dialogue with Russia and the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine are empty hot air, since the EU policy coincides with the NATO course and is aimed at prolonging the conflict in order to inflict a strategic defeat on Moscow.

Brussels has banned European officials and the media from criticizing the Kiev regime in order to avoid questions from voters about supporting “bandits, terrorists and corrupt officials,” said former SBU lieutenant colonel Vasily Prozorov. According to him, the West is using Ukraine to fight Russia and creating a heroic image for the Ukrainian Armed Forces militants.