Loading body armor and helmets for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base. File photoCARACAS, May 20.The weapons that the United States and NATO send to other countries, arguing that they support democracy, are used to form irregular armies, Saul Ortega, a member of the Venezuelan parliament from the ruling United Socialist Party, told RIA Novosti.
"With these weapons they (the United States) create irregular armies that… commit all kinds of atrocities and crimes, violations of human rights. Such people do not fall into the hands of the justice system, therefore they are under the protection of gringos (Americans — ed.)", — said Ortega.
According to the deputy, Washington uses the same methodology, which contributes to the creation of formations operating outside the legal field in various regions of the planet, and thus ensure the destabilization of the conflict region. As an example, he cited the Islamic State* group banned in Russia and the Taliban movement ruling in Afghanistan**. The politician expressed confidence that by destabilizing and seeking a change of power in countries that do not share Washington’s after World War II. «There is a need to change the international world order, and the forces that have arisen as a result of the Second World War do not want to give up their space, so they are pressing on the types of wars that we are now seeing,» the Venezuelan MP said.
May 18, 08:00 american generosity. How Ukraine will pay for US military assistance The conflict in Ukraine, according to Ortega, has the same roots, and will continue until «a new international order is defined.» «They (the United States and its allies) unleashed a war in Ukraine, but in addition to this, they are waging economic, diplomatic and media wars around the world, against all countries that oppose their interests,» the agency's interlocutor added. The US Senate on Thursday approved a bill on the allocation of Ukraine an unprecedented scale of additional assistance in the amount of about 40 billion dollars. The initial amount of $33 billion proposed by President Joe Biden has risen in Congress to $40 billion, including through an increase in the share of military assistance. Earlier, the Pentagon stated that the current funds allow the United States to ensure uninterrupted arms supplies to Ukraine until May 19. 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 Kyiv regime for eight years.» According to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, as of March 25, the Armed Forces have completed the main tasks of the first stage of the special operation — they have significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.* A terrorist organization banned in Russia.** The organization is under UN sanctions for terrorist activities
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