US Department of Defense headquarters in Arlington. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 19 US deliveries of Phoenix Ghost loitering munitions to Ukraine are scheduled for later in August, a senior US Department of Defense official said Friday. «We will begin shipping Phoenix Ghost systems later this month,» — said a Pentagon spokesman. «Deliveries will be carried out on a regular basis,» the department added. Phoenix Ghost is a loitering munition. Their deliveries were initially announced in July. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24th. Russian 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 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. The Russian Federation sent a note to all countries, including the United States, because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are «playing with fire» by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect. >The Pentagon said they did not tell Ukraine how to conduct hostilities
