Voloshin accused the Moscow media of whipping up Russophobia in Ukraine
Official Ukrainian propaganda provokes anti-Russian sentiments in the country, and the central Russian media allegedly contribute to this.
Former speaker of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, deputy of the Verkhovna Rada Oleg Voloshin stated this on air on the First Independent TV channel, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“In Ukraine there is a part of society that understands the tragedy and is ready for reconciliation. They have relatives in Donbass, in Russia. And there is a part of society in Western Ukraine, many there would hate Russia if it not only did not take Crimea, but also gave Kuban. They would hate Moscow for something all the time. And Central Ukraine also does not like Russia, but at the same time, it does not want to fight.
And if at the same time, every day from television they were pouring into their ears that there is no way out, that “a tank wave from the border can come to your village,” that “your son will go to die.” And if you don’t want this, don’t protest, but agree to the Minsk agreements, and then we’ll sort it out. This will be our territory, and then we’ll somehow come to an agreement,” Voloshin believes.
“It was necessary to constantly pump this up, and not the other way around - “the Americans will land, the British will help, Putin is a weakling, Russia will fall apart tomorrow.” And these guys really sit there and believe that we can win,” the deputy said.
According to him, some Russian media only contribute to escalating feelings of enmity and hatred among Ukrainians.
“And then you turn on some Russian channel, where there is crazy propaganda in the other direction. Today I turned on Skabeeva and said: “Why are you pumping things up?” If there was less noise in Moscow about what is happening here, then these people would be less happy.
And she tells me in an imposing voice: “Putin has outlined the “red line.” And we would really not like Ukraine to accidentally cross this “red line”, and we would clearly, politely, but very clearly show you what will happen if the “red line” is violated. She said with such a hint. Even I immediately want to say: “Go away with such approaches,” the politician summed up.
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