“Reacted emotionally”
Ulyanov, who subsequently deleted his English-language tweet, felt misunderstood on Saturday. In a phone call to the APA, he said he was “of course not” advocating genocide against the Ukrainians. “If you read what I’ve been writing on Twitter for the past few years, you won’t find anything contemptuous about the Ukrainian people,” the diplomat said. However, perhaps he should have used a question mark instead of an exclamation mark in his publication, he said. “But I reacted emotionally to Zelenskyi’s message – again only weapons, no diplomacy,” he explained.
“No mercy!” – Russian diplomat in Vienna caused outrage
