A Stern Warning
Moscow’s ambassador to Washington has told the United States to stop sending additional arms to Ukraine. He warns that large western deliveries of weapons will pour more fuel on the fire and cause additional deaths on both sides of the conflict.
Thus far, Russia’s February invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands, displaced millions of others, and raised fear in some due to the potential global escalation and nuclear confrontation. The US has ruled out directly sending our troops or NATO troops into the conflict.
Still, we, along with our western neighbors, have sent billions of dollars in military aid and humanitarian assistance.
Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to the US, has stated that such large arms deliveries were aimed at weakening Russia and were, at the same time, escalating the conflict between the two countries and getting in the way of peace talks.