MOSCOW, Jan 10 Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of Vladimir Zelensky's office said that negotiations on providing Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles are being conducted «very intensively.»
«They are being conducted very intensively,» Podolyak said in an interview with Ukrainian TV presenter Vasily Golovanov, answering the question whether negotiations are underway to provide Kyiv with ATACMS missiles.
Earlier, the Politico newspaper wrote that Zelensky, at a meeting with US President Joe Biden at the end of November, again asked for ATACMS missiles with a range of up to 300 kilometers for Ukraine, but Washington's position remains adamant.
Earlier, Russia sent a note to NATO countries over 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.