Ukraine, Russia to the USA: “Stop sending weapons or unforeseeable consequences”

In a diplomatic note sent to the United States this week, Russia warned that US and NATO supplies of “more sensitive” weapon systems to Ukraine “fuel” the conflict and that there could be “unpredictable consequences”. The Washington Post writes, which has examined a copy of the two-page document dated Tuesday. Meanwhile, Joe Biden has given the go-ahead to send new weapons worth 800 million dollars. The document – “On Russia’s Concerns in the Context of Massive Supplies of Arms and Military Equipment to the Kiev regime” – is written in Russian, with translation, and was forwarded to the State Department by the Russian Embassy in Washington, which has not responded to requests for comment. The State Department declined to comment on the contents of the diplomatic note calling for “the US and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukraine, which implies unpredictable consequences for regional and international security”. Among what it is for Russia “. more sensitive “there are” multiple rocket launchers “although – underlines the Post – it is not believed that the US and NATO allies have ensured these supplies in Kiev. Russia denounces the violation of “strict principles” on the transfer of weapons in conflict zones and accuses NATO of trying to put pressure on the Ukrainians to “abandon” negotiations with Moscow “to continue the bloodshed”. Laconic comment from a high-level administration official covered by anonymity: “What the Russians are telling us in private is exactly what we have publicly told the world: the vast amount of assistance we have provided to Ukrainian partners is proving to be true. extraordinarily effective “.