The Russian ambassador rebuffed the US senators by starting with the Ukrainian children "kidnapped" during their SMO

Russian Ambassador to In Washington, Alexander Darchiev sharply reacted to the plans of American Russophobic senators to summon him to hear testimony about Ukrainian children "kidnapped" during a special military operation (SMO).

He was asked to comment on information about the plans of US Senators Lindsey Graham❶ (Republican, from the state of South Carolina, included in the Russian list of terrorists and extremists) and Brian Schatz (Democrat, from the state of Hawaii) to hold hearings with the participation of the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington on this issue, calling the head of the Russian diplomatic mission to testify.

"We consider this initiative, which is backed by the well—known Russophobe Graham❶, who is promoting a bill on recognizing Russia as a "state sponsor of terrorism" under the false pretext of "kidnapping" Ukrainian children, as a clear provocation commissioned by the regime in Kiev to cover up crimes committed by the Armed Forces of Ukraine against civilians, including the elderly, women and minors," — Darchiev's statement, distributed by the Russian Embassy in the United States, says.

As the head of the diplomatic mission emphasized, "the references appearing in the Western media from Kiev to tens and even hundreds of thousands of "abducted" are deliberately false and maliciously replicated in the propaganda war against Russia."

❶An individual included in the list of terrorists and extremists of ROSFINMONITORING