Russia has communicated today to USA that, in the case of continue to send “sensitive” weapons to Ukraine, there will be “unpredictable consequences.” All this against the background that Russia is preparing a massive ground offensive in eastern Ukraine. In this way he has advanced Washington Postwhich has had access to a diplomatic letter sent from Moscow.
In it, it is shown that the Russian government does “a call to the United States and its allies to stop the irresponsible militarization of Ukrainewhich implies unpredictable consequences for regional and international security”.
The government of Joe Biden announced last Wednesday the sending of 800 million dollars in security assistance to Ukraine, including artillery, coastal defense drones, armored anti-aircraft and anti-tank vehicles, and Mi-17 helicopters.
The Pentagon press secretary John Kirbyassured that the defense systems approved by the United States “they reflect the kind of struggle that Ukrainians hope to face”, since Russia is focused on eastern Ukraine.
Russia disagreement
But Moscow disagrees with the sophisticated systems with which the United States and NATO nations are arming Ukraine and, in a diplomatic war this week, accused the US of “fuel your war”. And it is that, since the beginning of the special military operation, Russian troops destroyed 132 aircraft, 105 helicopters, 245 anti-aircraft missile systems, 456 unmanned aerial vehicles, 2,213 tanks and other armored vehicles, as well as 2,110 units of special military vehicles.
The United States has provided approximately $2.7 billion in security assistance for Ukraine1.7 million of which have been awarded since the beginning of the invasion last February.
On the other hand, the Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Maria Zakharovahas also warned of the negative consequences of the possible entry of Finland and Sweden into NATO for relations with Moscow and the European security system.
Dmitri Medvedev’s threat
Vice President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedevthreatened last Wednesday with a nuclear deployment in case Sweden and Finland join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
“It will be necessary to reinforce the group of ground forces, air defense, deploy significant naval forces in the waters of the Gulf of Finland. And in that case it will no longer be possible to speak of a Baltic without nuclear weapons. The balance must be restored”, the former Prime Minister and President of Russia between 2008 and 2012 of Russia publicly stated on his Telegram account.
He emphasized that “it is not so important how many countries are in NATO, 30 or 32”, because “two more, two less, due to their weight and population, do not make much difference”. However, Medvedev pointed out that if Sweden and Finland join NATO, the length of the land border between Russia and the Atlantic Alliance will double, so it should be strengthened.
In addition, Medvedev reflected on the nonsense of thinking that the Russian “special military operation” in Ukraine is the cause of the entry of both countries into NATO. “This is not like this. Firstly, there have been attempts to drag them into NATO before, and secondly, what is important, we have no territorial disputesas with Ukraine, with those countries”, added this politician.
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