Russia's defence minister warned Western navy support to Ukraine would doubtlessly drag NATO into the battle and that it might result in an "unpredictable" escalation.
"The US and its allies are attempting to delay the battle as a lot as doable," Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu stated on Tuesday.
"To do that, they've began supplying heavy offensive weapons, brazenly urging Ukraine to grab our territories. In truth, such steps are dragging NATO international locations into the battle and will result in an unpredictable degree of escalation."
His reference to "our territories" appeared to point the Ukrainian areas of Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Moscow claims to have annexed, a transfer extensively condemned by Kyiv and its Western allies.
A big portion of the area is presently managed by Ukrainian forces.
Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands to ship Leopard 1 tanks to Ukraine
The warning comes as Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands introduced that they're planning to ship Ukraine at the least 100 refurbished Leopard 1 battle tanks.
The defence ministers of Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands stated in a joint assertion that the cargo of the tanks is supposed “to assist Ukraine of their endeavour to face up to Russian aggression.”
”[It] will considerably improve Ukraine’s navy potential for the restoration of their violated territorial integrity,” they stated.
And the assertion added that the cargo would arrive in Ukraine “inside the coming months.”
The US has despatched greater than €18.6 billion value of navy support to Ukraine since February and is about to supply Kyiv with longer-range rockets as a part of a brand new €1.8 billion package deal of weapons introduced final week.
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