Ukrainian servicemen . File photoMOSCOW, Aug 30Since the end of February, Lithuania has sent Ukraine weapons worth 153 million euros, and Latvia has sent military assistance worth more than 300 million euros, the defense ministries of the Baltic republics reported. «The amount of military support transferred to Ukraine from Lithuania has reached 153 million euros. The latest deliveries received to Ukraine last week contained thermal imagers and anti-drones,» Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas wrote on Twitter.Kuleba thanked Sweden for a new package of military assistance to Ukraine. He also said that military assistance to Ukraine «will be more» after a meeting of donor countries next week at the Ramstein airbase in Germany. The amount of military assistance to Ukraine from Latvia turned out to be twice as much. «Since February 24, the military support provided by the Latvian government to Ukraine … is estimated at about 300 million euros, and donations from citizens, entrepreneurs and non-governmental organizations amount to more than 15.7 million euros,» the Latvian Ministry of Defense said on Twitter. Latvian President Egils Levits said in April that the country spent a third of its defense budget on helping Ukraine in two months. The Russian Federation had previously sent a note to NATO countries 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. >US will hold a new meeting of countries-donors of military aid to Ukraine
