The kremlin considers that Western arms supplies to Ukraine, including heavy weapons, represent a threat for the security of the European continent.
The comment of Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, added to a pattern of escalating rhetoric from both sides, as the West has increased arms supplies to Ukraine and Moscow has accused it of waging a proxy war against Russia. “In itself, the tendency to pump weapons, including heavy ones, to Ukraine and other countries are actions that threaten the security of the continent and cause instability,” Peskov told reporters.
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Thus he responded to a question about the declarations of the British Foreign Secretary Liz Trusswho said on Wednesday that countries opposed to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine must redouble their support, including the supply of heavy weapons, tanks and planes.
Russia, whose invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands and displaced millions, has consistently portrayed NATO and the West as aggressors who have forced it to defend its own security. The President Vladimir Putin he said on Wednesday: “If someone intends to intervene in ongoing events from abroad and create strategic threats to Russia that are unacceptable to us, they should know that our retaliatory strikes will be lightning fast.”