Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov asserts that US plans to provide Ukraine with missile defense systems are counterproductive.
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Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Tuesday that US plans to supply Ukraine with missile defense systems It is a counterproductive approach, noting that “the more arms supplies to Ukraine, the longer the conflict there will last.”
“These plans (plans to provide Ukraine with missile defense systems) are being implemented against the background of loud statements about the inadmissibility of peace under Russian conditions, and that the start of peace negotiations will not take place until Ukraine achieves a decisive turning point in military operations,” Lavrov said at a press conference.
He stressed that Moscow believes that such an approach, which the West has taken, is “counterproductive and absolutely harmful.”
On the other hand, he said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said today, Tuesday, that the special military operation to protect Donbass is proceeding according to the drawn plan, adding that it could end within a day if the Ukrainian forces lay down their arms.
Commenting on the statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in which he expressed his hope that the special military operation would end before the onset of cold weather, Peskov said: “The Ukrainian side can stop everything before the end of the current day. The Ukrainian army lays down its arms and fulfills the conditions of the Russian Federation.
On June 9, the head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna negotiations on European security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, revealed that the weapons obtained by Ukraine from Western countries sold on the black market It is sent to the Middle East.
After the Russian military operation in Ukraine, Western countries supported the Ukrainian arsenal, with modern and advanced weapons. While Russian President Vladimir Putin, in response to a question about the United States’ decision to send new weapons to Ukraine, said that “Russian air defense systems Weapons will be destroyed Ukraine gets from the West as it breaks nuts.