The Kremlin accused Washington of “pouring oil on the fire” after the announcement of the delivery of American missile systems to kyiv.
The upcoming delivery of new US weapons to Ukraine, including multiple rocket launchers, “increases the riskof a military confrontation between the United States and Russia, Moscow warned Wednesday, June 1.
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The Kremlin accused Washington of “add fuel to the fireafter the announcement of the delivery of American missile systems to kyiv to repel the Russian offensive in Ukraine. “The US line is to fight Russia to the last Ukrainian. Such deliveries do not encourage Ukrainian leaders to want to restart peace negotiationssaid Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
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“Any continuing, increasing arms delivery increases the risk of such a developmentsaid Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov to RIA Novosti, who asked him about the possibility of an armed confrontation between Washington and Moscow after the announcement of new arms deliveries to kyiv. .
On Tuesday, the United States indicated that it would provide Ukraine with HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket System), that is to say multiple rocket launchers mounted on light armor. These devices have a range of approximately 80 km. These are therefore not very long-range systems, of several hundred kilometres, but they nevertheless represent a significant reinforcement of Ukrainian capabilities.
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This equipment is part of a new broader component of US military assistance to Ukraine, totaling $700 million, details of which are to be given on Wednesday. Since the start of the conflict, which entered its 100th day on Wednesday, US President Joe Biden has been keen not to supply weapons that he says would place the US in co-belligerence on the side of the Ukrainians. Sergei Ryabkov derided the United States that they were determined to “wage war to the last Ukrainian in order to inflict, as they say, a “strategic defeat” on Russia“. “This is unprecedented and dangerous“says the diplomat
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