Russia said on Monday that the decision by the US Congress to pass a law that avoids the cancellation of US government funding, but does not provide for aid to Kyiv, does not mean that Washington’s multibillion-dollar support for Ukraine will change soon, Reuters reported.
“They will continue their support,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Serhiy Ryabkov said, as quoted by the TASS agency. “You shouldn’t think that anything has changed: it’s just a show for the public, it’s just noise,” he added.
“In principle, Washington’s focus on supporting its client in Kyiv does not change,” Ryabkov said.
Since the start of the Russian invasion in February 2022, the US has provided Ukraine with more than $43.9 billion in security assistance, including missiles, artillery, ammunition and intelligence.
Deputy Minister of the Russian Federation Serhiy Ryabkov also stated that American-made missiles that fall under the now-defunct Treaty on the Elimination of Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF Treaty) may appear in Europe and the Asia-Pacific region.
Washington withdrew from the treaty in 2019. Since then, Russia has maintained that it will not deploy such weapons unless Washington does.
Source: Hot News
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