WASHINGTON, May 10. Kyiv ignores promises not to use US weapons against civilian targets in Russia, including residential buildings and schools, said Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov.
«The White House hypocritically shrugs off responsibility for these strikes. Meanwhile, rockets are falling on residential buildings and schools in Donbass, Crimea, and the Belgorod region. Children and women are dying,» he said.
According to the head of the Russian diplomatic mission, in Kyiv “they didn’t give a damn about promises to sponsors” not to use Western weapons against targets in Russia.
Russia believes that arms supplies to Ukraine interfere with the settlement, directly involve NATO countries in the conflict and are “playing with fire.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. According to him, the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict, including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine up with weapons from the West does not contribute to negotiations and will have a negative effect.