US Department of State building in Washington DC. File photoWASHINGTON, Apr 15 Russian statements about the risks of increasing US military aid will not force Washington to change its position on this issue, State Department spokesman Ned Price said Friday. «We have a commitment to continue to do what we are doing to support our Ukrainian partners. We intend to continue to do this. Russia has made a number of statements — private and public. However, none of this will force us to abandon the strategy that we have chosen,» Price said on CNN. Thus, a representative of the American diplomatic mission commented on the recent publication of the Washington Post newspaper, which wrote that in recent days Moscow allegedly warned Washington through diplomatic channels about «unpredictable consequences» against the backdrop of deliveries of defense aid to Kiev. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine.» According to the Russian Defense Ministry, as of March 25, the Armed Forces completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
