Russia's deputy foreign minister said Moscow has warned the U.S. that pouring weaponry into Ukraine is a 'dangerous move.'
Russia's deputy foreign minister said Moscow has warned the U.S. that pouring weaponry into Ukraine is a"dangerous move."A top Russian diplomat said Saturday that Moscow has informed U.S. officials that it views Western arms shipments to Ukraine as"legitimate targets" for military attacks, heightening fears of a direct confrontation between the nuclear-armed powers.
"We warned the United States that the orchestrated pumping of weapons from a number of countries is not just a dangerous move, it is a move that turns these convoys into legitimate targets," Sergei Ryabkov, Russia's deputy foreign minister,Ryabkov added that Moscow emphasized to Washington"the consequences of the thoughtless transfer to Ukraine of weapons like man-portable air defense systems, anti-tank missile systems, and so on.
While U.S. President Joe Biden has vowed not to involve American troops directly in any conflict with Russia, the administration has been pouring arms and advanced weaponry into Ukraine for months, shipments that ramped up after Russia,"some 14 wide-bodied aircraft transported a bristling array of Javelin antitank missiles, rocket launchers, guns, and ammunition to an airfield near Ukraine's border.
"The top U.S. military adviser to President Biden inspected the weapons transfer operation in an unannounced trip, meeting with troops and personnel from 22 countries who were working around the clock to unload the armaments for transport by land to the Ukrainian forces," thecontinued."The American weaponry, which included the Javelins as well as small arms and munitions, was part of a $350 million package that Mr. Biden authorized.
"Within two days, one official said, the deliveries were landing at an airfield near the border that can process 17 airplanes a day," theadded."What began as a trickle—with only two or three planes arriving a day—is now a steady flow, the official said, with 14 loads from one airfield alone."
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