2 minutes agoRussia condemns US for supply of Ukraine's weapons
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)Russian officials stress that the US decision to supply arms to Ukraine is dangerous. According to them, the move will spur Kiev to use force in eastern Ukraine. The U.S. State Department announced that Washington will grant Ukraine “expanded protection capacity”, while Kiev struggles with separatists supported by [...]
The US State Department announced that Washington will grant Ukraine “expanded protection capacity”, while Kiev struggles with separatists backed by Russia in the eastern part of the country. “Weapons tours now encourage those who support the conflict in Ukraine to use the force's” scenario, Deputy Foreign Minister Grigori Karashin said of the state news agency RIA.
While Franz Klintsevic, an upper house member of the Russian parliament's security committee, said Kiev would consider weapons supplies as support for its” actions.
The American “, in fact, directs Ukrainian forces to war”, he said of the Interfax news agency.
After Moscow annexed the Crime in 2014, Ukraine and Russia dispute a war east of Ukraine between pro-Russian separatists and government forces. More than 10,000 people have been killed in that conflict in three years. Kiev accuses Moscow of sending troops and heavy weapons to the region. But Russia denies this development.
Moscow's foreign ministry said the decision by the United States undermines Minsk's agreements. The accord to end fighting east of Ukraine was signed by Ukraine, Russia, Germany, and France in the capital of Belarus in early 2015.
