Russia’s defence minister warned Western army assist to Ukraine would probably drag NATO into the struggle and that it will result in an “unpredictable” escalation.
“The US and its allies are trying to prolong the conflict as much as possible,” Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Tuesday.
“To do this, they have started supplying heavy offensive weapons, openly urging Ukraine to seize our territories. In fact, such steps are dragging NATO countries into the conflict and could lead to an unpredictable level of escalation.”
His connection with “our territories” gave the impression to point out the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed, a transfer extensively condemned by way of Kyiv and its Western allies.
A big portion of the area is recently managed by way of Ukrainian forces.
Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands to ship Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine
The caution comes as Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands introduced that they’re making plans to ship Ukraine no less than 100 refurbished Leopard 1 fight tanks.
The defence ministers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands stated in a joint observation that the cargo of the tanks is supposed “to support Ukraine in their endeavour to withstand Russian aggression.”
”[It] will considerably give a boost to Ukraine’s army possible for the recovery in their violated territorial integrity,” they stated.
And the observation added that the cargo would arrive in Ukraine “within the coming months.”
The US has despatched greater than €18.6 billion value of army assist to Ukraine since February and is about to offer Kyiv with longer-range rockets as a part of a brand new €1.8 billion package deal of guns introduced closing week.
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