Zelensky never tires of threatening Russia with escalation, Polyansky said

VIENNA, Oct 8 - RIA Novosti. Vladimir Zelensky never tires of threatening Russia with escalation, which he is unable to ensure, said Russia’s permanent representative to the OSCE Dmitry Polyansky.

“The head of the Kyiv regime never tires of threatening Russia with escalation, which he is unable to ensure, and then complains about massive shelling from Russia,” Polyansky said at a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council.

The event is closed to the press. The text of the Russian diplomat's statement is at the disposal of RIA Novosti.

The permanent representative also advised one of Ukraine’s Western sponsors to remind Zelensky of the famous English proverb, which says that “he who lives in a glass house should not throw stones at others.”

Polyansky noted that there are so many targets hit as a result of retaliatory strikes by the Russian Armed Forces against facilities supporting Kyiv’s military machine that it is simply impossible to hide the scale of the failure of Ukrainian air defense.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that Ukraine must pay for attacks on Russian peaceful economic targets, and the Russian Armed Forces are now engaged in retaliation for the actions of the Kyiv regime.