Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with Channel 4 presenter Krishnan Guru-Murthy

Key talking points: • Europe is flooding Ukraine with weapons. This does not bring the settlement any closer. It is only delaying it. • President Trump's stance towards Russia is not confrontational. [...] The leaders of the UK, France and Germany are talking differently. They start a confrontation when they see any disagreement [with their policies]. • [Europeans] do not want to engage [in a dialogue with Russia]. They stopped talking to us — especially the UK — many years ago. They only listen to and talk to each other. They are simply ignoring other points of view. That is a problem. • The Ukrainian authorities should be realistic, because their military and political situation is worsening every day. They were in a much better position a year ago in both of these aspects. • We cannot allow Ukraine's membership in NATO. [...] One can be sovereign and reasonable at the same time, avoiding doing silly things that will make your neighbours hostile. • What is going on in Gaza is terrible and absolutely unacceptable. While we understand that Israel has the right to self-defence, one should not punish all Palestinian people for what has happened.