WASHINGTON, United States
Russia believes that the United States will at some point remove all restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine, the RIA news agency cited Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov as saying on Friday.
“The current administration
behaves like a person who extends one hand and holds a dagger behind their back
with another one,” Antonov said, describing Washington’s recent comments about
Kyiv not being allowed to use US weapons for strikes deep into Russian
territory as “goading.”
“…They are, essentially,
laying ground (for a decision) to simply remove all the existing restrictions
at a certain point, without much thought.”
The United States has provided
Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has
limited the use of its weapons to Ukrainian soil and counterfire, defensive
cross-border operations.
Antonov said serious dialogue
with the US would only become possible if it ends its “hostile” policy toward
Russia, which includes the support of Ukraine and the implementation of
sanctions against Moscow.
Antonov said a meeting between
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
appeared unlikely during the United Nations General Assembly session next
month.
He also said Moscow had no
plans to interfere in the US presidential elections.
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