December 30, 2022 at 09:38
Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov
[Notizie CCTV]On December 28 local time, Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov said that Russia had communicated with the United States through diplomatic channels and learned that the United States had no plans to send American professionals to Ukraine along with the “Patriot” anti-missile system . Lavrov also said that Russia has learned how Western weapons are smuggled out of Ukraine on the “black market”.
Lavrov said that the United States has informed Russia that the “Patriot” anti-missile system will be gradually deployed within a few months as Ukrainian military personnel master the relevant technologies, but the United States did not accompany the “Patriot” anti-missile plan. to send US military experts to Ukraine “because the US does not and does not want to fight Russia directly”. At the end of December, during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to the United States, the United States announced a new round of military support to Ukraine, including the supply of the “Patriot” anti-missile system to Ukraine.
Since the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the United States and Western countries have provided several rounds of military support to Ukraine. Lavrov said Russia had found “enough” factual evidence in public information to show how Western weapons were smuggled from Ukraine on the “black market”. He asked the relevant personnel to collect and arrange the information, so as to expose the fact of arms smuggling.
Earlier, Russian presidential press secretary Peskov said that, like other weapons supplied by the United States to Ukraine, the Patriot anti-missile system will become a legitimate target for Russia.
