Russia warned that West He decided participate “directly” in the war in Ukraine by agreeing to send tanks to reinforce the defense and the counter-offensive, in the context of the Russian bombardments in the last few hours that caused the death of eleven civilians.
The new threat occurred this Thursday, a day following the United States and Germany accepted the request of the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr ZelenskyWith respect to shipment of dozens of heavy combat vehiclesan unprecedented decision following eleven months of war and that might mean a turning point in the Ukrainian resistance.
The person in charge of publicizing the Russian position was Dmitry Peskov, Russian government spokesman. “European capitals and Washington constantly give statements that sending various types of weapons, including tanks, in no way signifies their participation in hostilities. We strongly disagree with this. In Moscow, this is perceived as direct participation in the conflict and we see that this is growing.”said.
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The Russian retaliation
The official’s statement was made in line with the air strike launched throughout the country at dawn this Thursday, focused on the eastern region of Donetsk, a new bombardment that caused the death of eleven civilians. “Eleven people were injured and, unfortunately, eleven others died,” the Ukrainian television official said. lifeguard spokesperson, Oleksander Joruneyspecifying that the most significant damage occurred in the region of Kiev.
According to the head of the Ukrainian armed forces, General Valery Zaluzhny, Russia fired 55 missiles on Thursday, of which “47 were destroyed, 20 of them” in the immediate vicinity of kyiv. In addition, 24 Iranian-made Shahed drones were shot down overnight, according to Ukrainian forces.
The bombardment, meanwhile, was interpreted as a retaliation for the unprecedented agreement signed last Wednesday between the Western powers and Ukraine for the shipment of de 31 tanques 1 Abrams, 14 tanques Leopardwhich also enables them to send your own supply y train ukrainian forces.
“NATO must be destroyed”
The escalation of the conflict in Ukraine was reflected in the statements of Vladimir Solovyev, a well-known journalist for Russian television Rossija and a personal friend of Vladimir Putin. In a virtual debate with a colleague, Solovyev also warned once morest the brand-new agreement between the West and Ukraine on the shipment of heavy equipment (which might lead to an international escalation of the war) and took direct aim at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
“NATO must be destroyed, there is no doubt regarding that. They started a war and they think they can stop it. Let’s see, they put tanks in Ukraine, then I wouldn’t be surprised if we (for Russia) send the weapons that countries like North Korea, Iran, Venezuela, Cuba have been asking us for a long time. Thus there will be a threat to the United States. Do you think you can make war on us so easily?” Solovyev said in a video that went viral on social media.
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The deal for the tanks
Germany plans to deliver Leopard 2 tanks “at the end of March, beginning of April,” Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Thursday. Also at the end of March, the United Kingdom plans to deliver its Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine. For its part, Canada will deliver four Leopard 2 tanks to kyiv in the coming weeks, which are “combat-ready,” Defense Minister Anita Anand announced this month. Thursday.
Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said that the arrival of heavy tanks will be “an important step on the road to victory.” “The key now is speed and volume” in the delivery of the tanks, he declared on Wednesday. The president also claimed fighter jets and long range missilessome weapons that Western countries are not willing to hand over for fear of provoking a military escalation in the event of incursions into Russian territory.
The agreement might mark a turning point in the Ukrainian counteroffensive. For its part, the Kremlin threatened to take the hostilities to another scale, which might imply crossing the Ukrainian borders.
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