Russia threatened to increase attacks on Ukraine in response to the U.S.’s decision to grant Kyiv’s federal new military support.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu met with senior military personnel on Tuesday, and the agency’s Telegram channel reported that the country will intensify its attacks on shipping centers and backup facilities for American weaponry. In response to the aid of the U.S. and its supporters for Ukraine, he said, Russia will improve its armed forces and “accrop the production of the most in-demand weapons and military technology.”
After the U.S. House voted to approve the$ 61 billion deal with military and economic assistance over the weekend, ending six weeks of delay, U.S. President Joe Biden told his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy that the country wants to start quickly shipping field and air-defense help.
The Biden presidency has now started putting together a deal that could be delivered to Ukraine as soon as the leader signs the bill into law, according to a U.S. national last year.
Shortages in arms and workforce along the front, along with a severe need for more air defense systems, have pushed Ukraine’s fighting makes near to a bursting point, raising the risk of a Soviet discovery. According to Shoigu, during the conference, Russian forces are now occupying the front and are pressuring Ukraine to leave their positions.
Shoigu responded immediately to the anticipated supply of U.S. help by saying that” the majority of the funding will go toward financing the military-industrial complex in the United States.”
Moscow has frequently stated that the American arms supplied to Ukraine are reasonable goals, and in 2022, the Russian Foreign Ministry warned that the U.S. had become a party to the conflict by passing a Patriot missile system to Ukraine. Ukraine has also received air defense systems, including Patriots, from its friends.
Russia’s military is set to receive the most recent S-500 air defense systems this month, according to Shoigu.
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