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Russia warned United States against sending more arms to Ukraine
The Economic Times reported, citing Reuters, Moscow's ambassador to Washington told Russian state television that Russia has warned the United States against sending more arms to Ukraine.
Anatoly Antonov said in an interview with the Rossiya 24 TV channel: "We stressed the unacceptability of this situation when the United States of America pours weapons into Ukraine, and we demanded an end to this practice."
Antonov said an official diplomatic note had been sent to Washington expressing Russia's concerns.
Washington's top diplomat and its defence secretary met Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskiy in Kyiv late on Sunday (Apr 24), pledging new assistance worth $713 million for Zelenskiy's government and other countries in the region fearing Russian aggression.
Earlier in April, U.S. President Joe Biden announced an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine, expanding the scope of the systems provided to include heavy artillery.
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Zelenskiy has been pleading with U.S. and European leaders to supply Kyiv with heavier arms and equipment. Thousands have been killed and millions displaced since Russia sent troops into Ukraine on Feb. 24 in what it calls a "special military operation" to "demilitarise" its neighbouring country.
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States - by far the world's two biggest nuclear powers.
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President Vladimir Putin says the "special military operation" in Ukraine is necessary because the United States was using Ukraine to threaten Russia and Moscow had to defend against the persecution of Russian-speaking people
The report noted that Ukraine and the West say Russia began an unprovoked war of aggression.
Source: economictimes
