Washington will continue to send military aid to Ukraine to bolster its defenses, with new deliveries coming in the coming weeks. This was announced to journalists on January 18 by a representative of the US State Department.
According to the diplomat, in 2021 the United States delivered more security systems to Ukraine than in any year since 2014.
“If Russia invades Ukraine, we will provide Ukrainians with additional defense materials,” the State Department spokeswoman said.
Earlier on Tuesday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov urged US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken not to replicate speculation about allegedly impending “Russian aggression” in Ukraine, but to force Kiev to comply with the Minsk agreements. Earlier, he noted that Kiev is obliged to comply with the Minsk agreements, it cannot have any plan B. According to him, Ukraine is under the external control of the United States.
The day before, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace announced London’s decision to supply Ukraine with light anti-tank defensive weapons systems. According to him, they are not strategic weapons and do not pose a threat to the Russian Federation.
On January 16, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov stressed that Russia does not show military escalation against Ukraine.
Earlier, on January 14, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said that the United States had evidence that Russia was allegedly preparing a pretext for invading Ukraine. Kirby noted that it was about “a group of operatives who are preparing to conduct a false flag operation.”
Sergei Lavrov said the same day that Russia had never threatened the Ukrainian people. In addition, the Foreign Ministry has repeatedly stressed that the Russian Federation did not attack and does not plan to attack Ukraine.
Source: IZ
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