Senior Kremlin Figure Mocks EU Leaders’ Visit to Kyiv

A senior Kremlin figure has poured scorn on the visit of the French, German and Italian leaders to Kyiv.

Dmitry Medvedev, a former Russian president and prime minister and now deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, has ‘criticised’ the trip on Twitter, using “a dismissive racist slur” relating to stereotypes of the three EU nations’ cuisines.

“European fans of frogs, liverwurst and spaghetti” love visiting Kyiv, he writes. “With zero use.”

Medvedev says they will promise Ukraine EU membership and old howitzers, get “lushed up” on horilka – a Ukrainian vodka – and go home by train, “like 100 years ago.”

“All is well. Yet, it won’t bring Ukraine closer to peace. The clock’s ticking,” he concludes.

BBC /Shakirat Sadiq