Vasily Nebenzya

"Damage to residential buildings and civilian casualties are due to the failure of the Ukrainian air defense"

"Your thoughtless pumping of Ukraine with weapons leads only to the deaths of civilians, not only in Donbas but in Ukrainian cities."

"Not a single local person has suffered from any violent action."

"This deployment of Russian troops in our own territory is getting our Western and U.S. colleagues to say that theres going to be a planned military action and even an act of aggression ... A military action of Russia against Ukraine that theyre all assuring us is going to take place in just a few weeks, if not a few days. There, however, is no proof confirming such a serious accusation whatsoever being put forward."

"All the solidarity of the West with Ukraine is not free, ordinary Ukrainians will have to return the money."

"Ambassador Nebenzya has called Kyiv the clients of the West. Actually, Kyiv is fighting to be independent of anybody."

"This is despite the fact that we are constantly rejecting these allegations, and this is despite the fact that no threat of a planned invasion into Ukraine from the lips of any Russian politician or public figure over all of this period -- no such threat has been made. Rather, at all levels, weve been categorically rejecting such plans"

"The Russian Armed Forces do not fight against the civilian population and do not subject them, unlike the Armed Forces of Ukraine, to targeted strikes."

"Western countries are widely known for their love of the topic of fighting impunity, especially if it does not concern their own crimes"

"We are attacking infrastructure facilities in Ukraine in response to the shelling of Ukraine with Western weapons and Kievs reckless calls for a military victory over Russia."

"There is no purgatory for war criminals. They go straight to hell, Ambassador."

"Call Putin, call Lavrov to stop aggression."