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zakharova mocks nato secretary-general: "courageous but brainless"

2024-09-19

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reference news reported on september 19according to a report on the website of the russian weekly argumenty i fakty on september 18, russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova commented on nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg's statement that the decision to allow ukraine to use western weapons to strike deep into russian territory would not cross the red line and lead to a direct conflict between nato and russia. pavel zarubin, a reporter for the all-russian national television and broadcasting company, published zakharova's comments on the telegram social platform.

zakharova said that the nato secretary-general's remarks could be described as "brave but brainless."

"there's a phrase called 'brave but brainless' and that's a good description for them," the diplomat said. "the issue is really not about the well-known red lines or other colored lines. the issue is about having a sane mind."

earlier, russian presidential press secretary dmitry peskov said that stoltenberg's remarks about supporting some countries to allow ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike deep into russian territory were short-sighted and unprofessional. peskov said that the outgoing nato secretary-general made such remarks because he knew he did not have to take responsibility for it. (compiled by liu yang)