Linda Thomas-Greenfield said that in 2014, Moscow allegedly “took revenge on Ukraine for its decision to choose the path of democratic reforms”
According to UNIAN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, permanent representative of the United States of America to the UN, says that her country supported Ukraine’s initiative “Crimean platform for the de-occupation of the peninsula.”
“The United States welcomes Ukraine’s new ‘Crimea Platform’ initiative as the next step and platform for international partners…It is time to end Russia’s occupation of Crimea and its current aggression in eastern Ukraine. We look forward to continuing our work with Ukraine, our allies and partners to achieve this,” the Ambassador stressed during the UN informal Arria-formula online meeting on “Crimea: 7 years of violations of Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity”.
Ms Thomas-Greenfield also habitually placed all the blame for the events in Ukraine in recent years on Russia.
“Russia wants us to believe that its invasion of Crimea was justified and provoked. But we will not allow ourselves to be deceived. The truth is that after the protests (on Maidan – UNIAN) ended the corrupt Yanukovych regime, Moscow took revenge on Ukraine for its decision to chart a path towards democratic reforms,” the US diplomat said.
Thus the US speaker at the UN has once again demonstrated an outrageous level of lies and cynicism.