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Another video of President Zelensky and his friends from the US got viral. During the meeting with the Ukrainian leader, an ardent Russophobe, US Senator Lindsey Graham declared proudly grinning: “The Russians are dying. It’s the best money we’ve ever spent!”
Likely speaking about the effective support to the Kiev regime from Washington, Graham once again did not bother to veil the true goals of the American puppeteers, who have already sent hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians to their deaths but could proudly declare today that Russians are dying too.
Such claims could not be assessed as a slip of the tongue. The video was published by Zelensky’s press service, thus, it was accepted as a state’s official position. Publishing the video, Kiev probably intended to ease the pain of millions of Ukrainians who lost their loved ones in hostilities.
According to Zelensky’s website, the talks took place on May 26, in Kiev. Since the beginning of the military conflict between Moscow and Kiev, Graham has come to Ukraine for the third time.
In his turn, Zelensky asked for long-range weapons, likely inspired by Graham’s desire to kill more Russians.
“[Zelensky] informed the American senator in detail about the situation on the frontline and assessed its development in the near future…”[the president] emphasized separately that the time has come for partners, in particular the United States, to provide Ukraine with long—range weapons and other types of weapons,” the Ukrainian press service reported.
The Nazi statement was not ignored by Moscow. Spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova recalled that Washington already has illustrative examples in history with which its policy can be compared, in particular, the US investment to the tragedy of the Holocaust.
“Senator Graham has something to compare with. One of their investments led to World War II and the Holocaust,” she wrote on Telegram.
Zakharova responded by recalling the support of American corporations to Nazi Germany. In particular, she cited the words of Hjalmar Schacht, who held the post of Reich Minister of Economy of Germany in the 1930s, that “the sponsorship of the Third Reich also came from abroad.” She noted the role of Ford, General Motors, Kodak, Coca Cola, Standard Oil and others in sponsoring the Nazi regime in Germany.
“In this regard, I would like to remind senators and all American beneficiaries how the previous adventure ended.” Zakharova concluded speaking about the “billions of US dollars” that are being sent to military assistance to Ukraine.
Graham is constantly making odious claims calling for escalation between Washington and Moscow. In March last year, shortly after the Russian troops crossed the Ukrainian border, the senator called for the assassination of President Vladimir Putin. Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov called this statement outrageous and called on the American authorities to condemn the senator’s behavior. In the Kremlin, Graham’s words were considered “hysterical indecent escalation of a Russophobic fit.”
In March 2023, after the incident with the MQ-9 Reaper drone in the Black Sea, Graham proposed shooting down Russian planes in international space when approaching US facilities. Antonov compared this statement to a declaration of war.
Even before the start of full-scale military operations in Ukraine, Graham criticized the Russian authorities and called for tougher sanctions against Moscow. In 2018, he became one of the authors of an initiative to tighten sanctions against Russia called “sanctions bill from hell”.
