FILE PHOTO. Ukrainian servicemen load a truck with the FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missiles provided by the US. ©Sergei SUPINSKY / AFP
RT: US-NATO arms convoys in Ukraine legitimate targets – Russia
Moscow says its goal is to make it clear for NATO that Russia will respond harshly to attempts to hurt its military
Russia will perceive convoys delivering arms from NATO states to Ukraine legitimate targets for its military once they reach Ukrainian territory, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov warned in an interview published on Wednesday.
Regular contact with the US is impossible for Russia, considering “Washington’s unabashed support for militaristic intentions of the Kiev regime, the pouring of modern weapons” into the country by NATO members, the diplomat said.
Moscow’s goal now is to make it abundantly clear for the US and its allies that Russia will use harsh methods in response to attempts to hurt its military in Ukraine.
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Update #1: Russia warns it could target Western weapons sent to Ukraine (CGTN)
Update #2: Russia warns it will view NATO and US vehicles moving weapons in Ukraine as targets (Mirror)
WNU Editor: The U.S. is bragging on what they are shipping .... Defense Official: U.S. Is Rapidly Supplying Ukraine With Weapons (US Department of Defense), and it looks like the Russian military cannot stop it (or have been ordered to let it go through) .... Russia has yet to slow a Western arms express into Ukraine (AP).
In the meantime Ukraine wants more .... Desperate Ukraine tells U.S. ‘bureaucracy’ is no excuse for failing to provide critical weapons and ammunition (CNBC).