American weapons. Archival photoMOSCOW, June 16The United States, by arming Ukraine, «prolongs its troubles,» Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said in an interview with RIA Novosti. period for Ukraine, for the people of Ukraine,» he said. Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. Against this backdrop, the United States and NATO allies continue to pump weapons into the former Soviet republic. Joe Biden signed the law on lend-lease, tens of billions of dollars are allocated for military assistance to Kyiv. Moscow, for its part, has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and the transport of weapons becomes a legitimate target for the Russian Aerospace Forces. >The United States said that Kyiv's requests for weapons are constantly changing
