 The Pentagon's position drove Russia into a frenzy. U.S. Undersecretary of Defense for policy Colin Karl effectively admitted that the U.S. administration carries out a provocative course towards Moscow in Ukraine. Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov said, commenting on Karl's remarks regarding the risks of escalation of the Ukrainian conflict. The officials' considerations are full of shamelessness, hypocrisy and are saturated with arrogance towards our country. The Pentagon representatives said it directly that the U.S. administration did not restrain itself in any way because of potential escalation risks when shipping weapons to Ukraine. Thus, the American admitted that Washington has been deliberately carrying out a provocative course towards Russia throughout the conflict. Anatov said, according to the embassy's press office, Washington handed over the Kiev regime increasingly deadly and long-range systems that have purely offensive, not defensive purpose, he added. The envoy noted that he does not believe the military officials' words that the U.S. expressed concerns over the use of U.S.-made weapons for strikes deep inside Russian territory. If the U.S. truly took this most important aspect into consideration, it would have immediately thwarted such attempts of Ukrainian radicals. In reality, though, the unprecedented aid and enabling from the U.S. administration only pushed the agents in Kiev towards new crimes, Antonov pointed out. He added that Karl's statements are an eloquent testimony that it was Washington who inspired the standoff in Ukraine. In its desire to inflict a defeat on us, they forget literally about everything and most importantly about the fate of the Ukrainian people and the risks of a global conflict. The envoy concluded. Earlier, Karl said in an interview for Foreign Policy that the U.S. expressed its concerns over the use of weapons shipped by Washington to Kiev for strikes on Russian territory and is not interested in getting directly involved in the conflict in Ukraine as well as in the conflict escalating into World War III. Meanwhile, the Pentagon representative said the opinion that the U.S. restrains itself on a number of issues due to fear of escalation is wrong.