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The Kremlin on Monday dismissed a Paris summit bringing together Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and key allies, calling the group a “coalition of warmongers” and saying Moscow would monitor the meeting closely.
The summit, known as the Coalition of the Willing, is focused on Ukraine. Ukraine and its allies say the meeting aims to strengthen security and support.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia viewed the participating countries as states taking hostile actions against Moscow.
“This is a coalition of warmongers,” Peskov told reporters in Moscow.
“These are the countries that are undertaking hostile actions against Russia, so we will be watching very closely,” he said.
Peskov said the Kremlin would closely follow the Coalition of the Willing Leaders Summit in Paris.
He accused the participating countries of seeking to continue the war and of believing Russia could be strategically defeated.
“This is a coalition that provokes war,” Peskov said.
“This is a group of countries that does not want peace, wants the war to continue and comforts itself with the illusion that it is possible to inflict a strategic defeat on our country,” he added.
Peskov said the countries involved were carrying out hostile actions against Russia.
“For this reason, we will follow the summit carefully,” he said.
Peskov also claimed that the Baltic countries had provided Ukraine with an air corridor for drone attacks on Russian territory.
“Our special services see what flies from where and how,” Peskov said.
“Everyone knows this. We do not intend to present proof to anyone on this issue,” he added.
Peskov said Russia was closely monitoring sources of threats against its border regions.
Peskov declined to comment on claims that there had been an assassination plot against U.S. President Donald Trump at last week’s NATO Summit in Ankara.
He also said issues related to security restrictions on vessel traffic in the Sea of Azov fall under the responsibility of Russia’s Transport Ministry.
The remarks came as Moscow continued to criticize Western-backed efforts to support Ukraine, while saying it would monitor the Paris summit and its outcomes closely.
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