🎙️Excerpts from the interview with Russian Ambassador to Denmark Vladimir Barbin to the TASS news agency (January 20, 2026)

• Since the beginning of the special military operation, Copenhagen has provided assistance to Ukraine in the amount of 10.5 billion euros, including military support worth 9.5 billion euros.

• Denmark is one of the main sponsors of the Kiev regime, and advocates inflicting military and strategic defeat on our country. The prospect of a Russian victory is considered by the head of the Danish government Mette Frederiksen as a "catastrophe" for the West and the "rules-based order. It is stated that peace in Ukraine may be more dangerous for Denmark than the continuation of the conflict.

• Copenhagen's obsessive focus on confrontation with Russia and opposition to efforts for a political and diplomatic settlement of the conflict in Ukraine that would take into account Russian interests make it impossible for us to maintain normal relations with Denmark.