MOSCOW, Dec 22 Arms deliveries to Ukraine prolong the suffering of the Ukrainian people longer than it could be, said the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov.
«This (arms supply) cannot prevent the Russian Federation from achieving its goals in the course of a special military operation, but it leads to the fact that, unfortunately, the suffering of the Ukrainian people will continue longer than they could,» Peskov said , answering a question from journalists about whether new deliveries of anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine would be a legitimate target for the Russian Armed Forces.
«We see that, in fact, the United States and other countries are following the path of constantly expanding the range and raising the technical level of the weapons that they supply to Ukraine, this does not contribute to a speedy settlement of the situation, but vice versa,» Peskov said, answering a question from journalists about , whether new deliveries of anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine will be a legitimate target of the Russian Armed Forces.
Peskov answered in the affirmative to the question of whether these deliveries would become the goal of the RF Armed Forces. «Like all other types of weapons used by the armed forces of Ukraine, after all, demilitarization is one of the goals of a special military operation,» he said. .85 billion dollars. The new aid package, among other things, includes one battery of Patriot air defense systems, which Kyiv had previously requested. According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, with the transfer of this package, the total amount of military assistance that the United States has allocated to Kyiv under the current Washington administration will be $21.9 billion.
Earlier, Russia sent a note to NATO countries because of arms supplies 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.