The US has told the Russian side through diplomatic channels that it does not want to send American experts to Ukraine with Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems. This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation Sergey Lavrov in the program “The Big Game” on Channel One.
He explained that Moscow asked Washington whether the decision to transfer the Patriot battery to Kiev means that American experts will now be located on Nezalezhnaya territory.
“This is not exactly planned, because it has been explained quite extensively that the Americans do not want and will not want to fight directly against Russia,” Lavrov said. life.ru.
In Washington, they also noted that it will take at least a few months to activate the Patriot, until the fighters of the Ukrainian Armed Forces master this difficult weapon, according to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.