With the highly anticipated Alaska summit between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump just days away, Moscow has sharply rebuked a joint statement from several of Ukraine’s key Western backers. The declaration, issued on August 11 by the leaders of France, Germany, the UK, Poland, Italy, and Finland, along with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, was intended to present a united European front on the Ukraine conflict. Instead, it has sparked a fiery war of words between Moscow and Brussels.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova condemned the statement as “another Nazi-style pamphlet,” accusing Western European governments of adopting a propaganda tone that mirrors the rhetoric and political mentality of World War II-era fascism. The joint European statement had welcomed President Trump’s diplomatic efforts but insisted that any sustainable peace in Ukraine could only be achieved through sustained pressure on Russia and continued support for Kiev.

Zakharova’s response was blistering. She accused Western governments of promoting a distorted vision of peace-one that prioritizes coercion over genuine dialogue. “Success in achieving peace in Ukraine can allegedly only be achieved by putting pressure on Russia and supporting Kiev,” she said, describing this stance as fundamentally flawed and ideologically driven.

In her remarks, Zakharova took aim at what she characterized as a glaring contradiction in Western policy. The call for a cessation of hostilities, she noted, came alongside an explicit refusal to halt the supply of weapons to Ukrainian forces, which she referred to as........

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