Russian ambassador to the UK interview in full - BBC News

Russia's ambassador to Britain has told the BBC he does not believe his country will use tactical nuclear weapons in the war against Ukraine.

Andrei Kelin said that according to Russian military rules, such weapons are not used in conflicts like this.

He also described allegations of war crimes in the town of Bucha as "a fabrication".

And he called UK Foreign Secretary Liz Truss "very belligerent" and inexperienced.

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[rolithesecond]

This dude is shaking like he's about to have a heart attack from all his bs.

[SolPhantasmagoria]

_He stopped calling it "Limited Operation" about halfway through, and naturally went back to "War"._

[ballapeti]

Finally we can hear the other side of the story. A diplomat of 40 years spewing the same utter nonsense what we’ve been hearing for months. 👍🏻

[neoiam]

You’re talking to a wall! 🤣😂😅
And a robotic Ambassador repeatedly says the same things again & again!

[onebit]

How is it possible to have a conversation with a man from a different reality.

[jamesgardiner]

"An ambassador is an honest gentleman sent to lie abroad for the good of his country." - Sir Henry Wotton

[karlathomas]

You can see the fear & shame written All OVER HIS FACE 💯

[enigma]

Time to interview this guy again. I need cheering up with some comic relief to distract from the deeply depressing Russian behaviour in Ukraine and indeed in other places.

[mtma]

I thought that any Russian who referred to the Special Operation as a 'War' would be jailed for 15 years.
This ambassador mentions the 'War' twice....at 10:54 and 17:24

[andrius]

"8 years ukrainians were shelling Donbas, so we came and flattened it in 3 months"

[padraig]

'Ambassador: A man sent abroad to lie for his country' Old saying.

[СергійБельській]

"We have proofs of war crimes right here " "–Your proofs are lies and fabrication, also Donbass..."

[banksy]

For some one who started to say "this is not a war but a limited operation" he uses after the word war a lot :)

[gaoxiaen]

Russia would have been better-off refusing the interview than to show someone like this.

[thom]

This ambassador is squirming in that chair thinking to himself "why in the hell did I agree to do this?"

[FirasTeinz]

Interviewer was unprofessional and constantly interrupting the ambassador. Poor performance of journalism.

[katharinasieg]

This liar needs to be kicked out of the UK.

[stepehentague]

Russian ambassador just broke the world record for most bs lies in a interview.

[hertsish]

If you like the idea of listening to someone lie through their teeth, this is 25 minutes well spent.

[nadred]

“We never once said we were seizing Kiev”
30 seconds later
“We did have a goal of seizing Kiev at the beginning but now we don’t believe that is a possibility”

LOL at least he’s honest