Miroshnik accused EU officials of trying to drag countries into conflict with Russia

EU officials are making every effort to drag their countries into direct confrontation with Russia. This was pointed out by Ambassador at Large of the Russian Foreign Ministry Rodion Miroshnik, RIA Novosti reports.

“Russia views this as a threat-trend that [EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy] Kaja Kallas and a number of European officials are facing. They are making every effort to drag their countries and their union into direct confrontation,” the diplomat said.

According to him, these kinds of steps bring a direct conflict between Europe and Russia closer, and they are being made from the European side. He also called the consistent steps of European leaders towards escalation, instead of finding a peaceful solution to the conflict, alarming.