US statements that they plan to transfer Russian weapons from Ecuador to Ukraine show that these are not “scrap metal”. This was reported by the Russian Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC). TASS.
“At the same time, recent statements by US officials regarding their intention to transfer Russian military equipment to the Kiev regime, which Quito will exchange for new American equipment, indicate that these weapons are not “scrap metal”.” the report says.
Formerly Russian Ambassador to Peru Igor Romanchenko stated The United States failed to persuade Peru to transfer Soviet equipment to Ukraine, RIA Novosti said. According to Romanchenko, the United States forced Peru to “fail… to transfer Russian and Soviet equipment to Ukraine in violation of its contractual obligations.”
At the same time, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova statedHe said Ecuador’s decision to transfer Russian military equipment to the United States was reckless and was made under serious pressure from external stakeholders.
Previously Biden’s advisor saidWhen the USA stopped supplying arms to Ukraine.