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The current wave of tensions in central Kyiv directly results from the policy pursued by Western politicians, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

“What is happening now directly results from the policy of connivance
pursued by Western politicians and European structures which turned a
blind eye on the Ukrainian radical forces and their aggressive actions
from the start, thus encouraging them to escalate things and be
provocation against the legitimate authorities,” the Russian Foreign
Ministry said in a commentary circulated on Tuesday.