The Berlin-Washington tank promise is being celebrated by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy – but in Russia there is less joy at the announcement: “In Moscow, we see this as direct involvement in the conflict,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Thursday.
It was only announced on Wednesday that Germany, the US and other allies intend to support Ukraine with more than 100 Western-style main battle tanks in the war against the Russian attackers. In Moscow, people are angry about this move, they see it as “direct participation”. That participation is increasing, explains the President’s Office in Moscow. “The capitals of Europe and Washington are constantly making statements that the supply of various types of weapons, including tanks, does not in any way imply participation in combat operations. We see it very differently,” said Peskow.
Criticism from Moscow: the West is trying to prolong the conflict
“The US and NATO are involved in the conflict in Ukraine,” said Nikolai Patrushev, secretary of the powerful National Security Council and close confidant of President Vladimir Putin. They tried to drag him out, Patrushev told Russia’s state news agency Tass. What is happening in Ukraine today is the result of years of the West’s “hybrid war” against Russia.
Thursday evening, 24 drones turned off
Zelensky, on the other hand, doesn’t go far enough in supplying main battle tanks. Ukraine also needs long-range missiles and fighter jets to defend against Russian attacks. According to the Ukrainian army, 24 Russian drones were destroyed as recently as Thursday night. The missiles were mainly aimed at attacking regions in central Ukraine and the capital Kiev.
Source: Krone
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