Britain’s accusation that the Kremlin is seeking to install a pro-Russian regime in Ukraine is “deeply concerning,” to the U.S., a National Security Council spokesperson says.
“The Ukrainian people have the sovereign right to determine their own future, and we stand with our democratically-elected partners in Ukraine,” Emily Horne said in a statement., made in a statement from the country’s Foreign Office late Saturday, said Russia was trying to install a pro-Kremlin leader in Ukraine.
, the Ukrainian president ousted in a 2014 uprising. Yanukovich fled to Russia after three months of protests against his rule and was sentenced in absentia to 13 years in jail on treason charges in 2019. former deputy head of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, who was this week made the subject of U.S. sanctions for allegedly working with Russian intelligence.
Moscow has insisted it has no plans to invade, and Russia’s Foreign Ministry dismissed the British claims as “disinformation.” Accusing the U.K. and NATO of “escalating tensions,” it said in a statement that the British Foreign Office should “stop provocative activities.”
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