A senior Pentagon official said Russia’s warnings would not deter the United States from delivering systems it deems necessary to Ukraine. DEA News.
“We will continue to support the Ukrainians whenever and wherever they need it,” he said.
The representative of the US military therefore responded to a request for comment on the announcement on the supply of Patriot systems to Kiev, made in light of Moscow’s warnings that this would lead to further escalation.
Former US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announcedHe said the new aid package to Ukraine would include Patriot air defense systems.
Before that, Federation Council Senator Vladimir Dzhabarov declarationThat Russian military personnel will be able to carefully examine the Patriot systems of the Russian Armed Forces, which, after entering the special operations zone in Ukraine, can become trophies.
Currently, a special operation of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation is underway in Ukraine. It was announced by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24. According to him, the purpose of military action is to demilitarize the neighboring country and to navy the authorities.
The decision to run the operation became the justification for new sanctions against Russia by the United States and its allies.