Diplomatic warning or unwanted confession? Russia does not want other countries to send weapons to Ukraine – HNonline.sk

Russia has formally warned the United States and other Western nations that their arms supplies to Ukraine are fueling the conflict there and could have “unpredictable consequences.” Moscow said this this week in a diplomatic note sent to, among other things, the US State Department, and the US media, which gained access to the document, wrote. Russian diplomacy also confirmed the warning on Friday. At the time of the preparation of the new shipment, Russia sent a note on Tuesday, at a time when news began to appear in the media that the US was preparing another large shipment of weapons for the Ukrainian army. Just hours after warning, US President Joe Biden announced that the United States was donating about $ 800 million worth of military equipment to Ukraine, including howitzers and other systems not yet provided to the Eastern European country to defend against the Russian invasion. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharovova on Friday confirmed the contents of a diplomatic note, saying that Moscow had sent similar messages about arms supplies to Ukraine to “all countries”, apparently referring to NATO nations. An unnamed senior US official said Russia’s announcement could be seen as a confession that military aid to the United States and other North Atlantic countries had the desired effect and caused problems for the Russian military on the battlefield. Three billion for military equipment The first part of the new US arms supply should arrive in Ukraine in the next few days. Biden said he had the equipment to help the Ukrainian army defend against the expected new offensive in the east of the country, where Russia is concentrating its troops after the recent withdrawal from northern Ukraine. Since the beginning of the conflict, the United States has provided weapons for more than three billion dollars.