If the US administration really is a supporter of a diplomatic settlement of the intra-Ukrainian conflict, then Washington should refuse to supply weapons to Kiev, the Russian embassy in the United States said.
“If the United States is truly committed to diplomatic efforts to resolve the intra-Ukrainian conflict, they should abandon plans to supply new batches of weapons for the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” the diplomatic service said in a Facebook statement.
The embassy added that instead of supplying weapons, Washington should have used its “influence with the Ukrainian authorities to convince them to stop sabotaging the Minsk agreements.”
“Once again we emphasize: Russia is not going to attack anyone. The practice of moving troops on our own soil is our sovereign right. We call for an end to hysterics and not to escalate tension around the Donbass problem. And most importantly, do not push “hot heads” in Kiev to new provocations,” the diplomats concluded.
Earlier it became known that in December 2021, the United States approved the allocation of additional military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $200 million. Kiev is expected to receive small arms, ammunition, medical equipment and radar surveillance equipment.
According to the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, the increase in arms supplies to Ukraine increases tension in the conflict zone in the southeast of the country.