Скачать или смотреть Ambassador Andrei Kelin's interview with LBC presenter Andrew Marr, 25 February 2026

Key talking points:

• European countries stand for the prolongation of the Ukraine conflict. Yesterday, there were many belligerent comments [from European politicians], such as that the Ukrainian army is very strong and still capable of fighting Russia, and that the Russian economy is in ruins. This is a kind of self-induced hypnosis.

• We must address the root causes of the Ukraine conflict. Ukraine should not join NATO, and we must eliminate all discrimination against the Russian population there.

• Everyone understands that Ukraine is steadily losing. It is losing economically and in terms of its industrial and human potential, due to the exodus of Ukrainians from the country and losses on the front.

• The Ukraine conflict has escalated due to Western European involvement. They are supplying weapons, money, economic assistance and political support [...] But we can see that this support is running out and will come to an end sooner or later.

• Americans really do understand the situation [with regard to the Ukraine crisis] and know what should be done. We are acting [alongside the US] now on the basis of the understandings reached in Anchorage, Alaska.