Ukraine War: Russia Issues Threat After Germany’s Announcement About Sending Tanks

The West “overestimates the potential that (tanks) could give to the Ukrainian army,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “These tanks will burn like all the others,” he added.

For his part, the Russian ambassador to Germany denounced Berlin’s “extremely dangerous” decision on Wednesday. “This is an extremely dangerous decision that will bring the conflict to a new level of confrontation,” Sergei Netchaev commented, according to his embassy’s Telegram account. “This convinces us once again that Germany, like its closest allies, does not want a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, and wants a permanent escalation,” he said. he says.

The Russian ambassador also accused Berlin, through these tank deliveries, of “going back on its historical responsibility” for “the crimes of Nazism” during the Second World War.

“With the authorization of the German government, tanks bearing German crosses will once again be sent to the + Eastern front + which inevitably will lead to the death of Russian soldiers but also civilians”, a-t- he accuses.

“Blatant provocation”

The UK has already announced the delivery to Ukraine of 14 Challenger 2 heavy tanks. And according to the Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, the US is finally planning to deliver Abrams M1 tanks to kyiv , which they have so far refused to do, citing maintenance and training issues.

“If the United States decides to deliver tanks, it will be impossible to justify such an act by arguments related to defensive weapons. This would be a new blatant provocation against the Russian Federation”, has warned on Facebook the Russian ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov.

On the front line, two British aid workers, Chris Parry, 28, and Andrew Bagshaw, 47, were also killed while trying to evacuate under shelling residents of Soledar in eastern Ukraine, their families announced on Tuesday.