⚡️ Remarks by the Ambassador of Russia to Ireland H.E. Yuriy Filatov (October 20, 2026) The recent EU Summit has provided familiar, almost ritual spectacle – V.Zelensky, leader of the Kiev regime, patronisingly greeted EU leaders with the shoulder tap asking for more money for his “defense of democracy” against “Russian aggression”. As usual, he has got a hero’s welcome and the sympathetic ear in Brussels. European political leaders long ago made the bet on confrontation with Russia and they need someone as unscrupulous and unhinged as Zelensky to keep Ukraine in the Western war effort against Russia. Never mind that this Russophobic endeavor with thousands of sanctions against Russia, including the blockade of the Russian energy exports, has already led to the full-scale cost-of-living crisis all across Europe – they still look for a way to squeeze more billions for war in Ukraine from the badly hurt European economies. More than that, by encouraging Ukrainian strikes against refineries and other energy-related targets in the Russian territory, Europe is trying to save the Zelensky regime and for this purpose it is willing to wreck the world energy markets. While this theatre of absurd goes on, the summit made clear that an idea of a comprehensive political settlement of the conflict in Ukraine is still out of vogue in Europe. Peace in Ukraine, which would eliminate the root causes of the Ukrainian crisis – oppression of the Russian people by the extremist, nationalist government in Kiev, NATO-led transformation of Ukraine into a militarised state with neo-Nazi ideology as an antithesis and security threat to Russia – is not seen as a good option for the EU leaders precisely because it would ruin their “Anti-Russia” project. They would rather oppose and obstruct any attempt of serious negotiations over end to the conflict in Ukraine – even one supported now by the US administration. ❗️Such reckless policy aimed at “the war till the last Ukrainian” is not only both anti-Russian and anti-Ukrainian, it dramatically goes against interests of peace and security in Europe.