According to him, Herbst "worries too much" about Ukraine.
“It is still harmful to be an ambassador there: it interferes with a sober view of things.
Herbst himself comes up with non-existent threats and himself heroically repels them with threats against Russia.
To annex Ukraine by force?
Who would ever think of that? "
- wrote Pushkov in Telegram.
As the senator stressed, Ukraine in its current state "does not need either NATO or the EU."
Pushkov called Herbst's threats "air concussion."
The former US ambassador to Ukraine previously threatened Russia with "serious sanctions" in the event of "aggression" against the Ukrainian side.
According to the American diplomat, these sanctions "could simply destroy" the Russian economy.