“It is Russia that attacks Ukraine, not the other way around. The best way to avoid escalation is for Russia to stop the aggression,” US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Ukraine has given “guarantee” to the United States that will not use the new missile systems promised by Washington to attack Russian territory, said on Wednesday the head of US diplomacy, Antony Blinken.
“It is Russia that attacks Ukraine, not the other way around. To be clear, the best way to avoid escalation is to Russia stop the aggression and the war it has launched.” told reporters.
The above, in response to accusations from moscow regarding the use of this new US weaponry once morest him.
“As for the weapons systems we are providing, the Ukrainians have given us guarantees that they will not use these systems once morest targets on Russian territory,” added together with the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg.
The Kremlin today accused Washington of “to pour oil on the fire” in the midst of an intense conflict that began on February 24 with the invasion of Ukraine by Russian troops.
“Such deliveries do not encourage the Ukrainian leadership to want to resume peace negotiations,” said the Russian presidential spokesman, Dmitry Peskov.
The Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, also cried out today once morest the military aid requested by Ukraine.
“This is a direct provocation that seeks to involve the West in military actions,” Lavrov said in Riyadh at a press conference broadcast on Russian public television from Saudi Arabia.
Shipment of US missiles to Ukraine
The authority is on an official visit, on repeated calls from kyiv to be supplied with weapons.
According to the head of Russian diplomacy, “Sensible Western politicians fully understand the risks.”
“Recently we have seen signs of rational assessments in Washington as well,” Lavrov said, apparently alluding to Joe Biden’s words.
This, regarding the United States not sending to Ukraine “long-range missiles that can reach Russia.”
He added that Moscow has repeatedly stated its position on the situation in Ukraine and the involvement of other countries in the conflict.
“There are politicians who are willing to do this madness to satisfy their ambitions. But the serious countries of the European Union perfectly understand the inadmissibility of these scenarios”, stressed.