Warning about the consequences of Kiev’s attack on Russia with Western weapons

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, citing “Novosti” news agency, Konstantin Gavrilov, The head of the Russian delegation at the Vienna talks on military security and arms control warned today in an interview with the Izvestia media network that Western countries should seriously think about the consequences before allowing Kiev to attack deep into Russian territory. President Vladimir Putin clearly warned the West about the consequences of allowing the Ukrainian military to attack Russia during his visit to Uzbekistan, the diplomat noted. He added: “Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has also stated all this very clearly and there is nothing left to add in this regard, except that the Westerners should seriously think about the result of this action before making such a decision.”

The head of the Russian delegation in Vienna believes that in response to such a permit for Kiev, it is unlikely that Russia will begin to reduce the level of diplomatic relations with Western countries, and according to him, dealing with any issue is at the discretion of the Moscow authorities and in accordance with The interests of the country are decided.

Gavrilov also noted the fact that the West often violates its “red line” regarding the supply of certain types of military weapons to Kiev, as is theoretically possible. is to violate his ban regarding the official dispatch of military forces to Ukraine.

At the same time, this diplomat reminded: it is not possible to talk about increasing the supply of weapons to Kiev at the moment. Because due to the lack of ammunition in the warehouses of the United States and other NATO countries, the opposite situation has become possible for them and they are facing problems in this field. Of course, he did not deny that in the background of this problems, Germany can allow the sending of Taurus missiles to Ukraine, in which case, of course, the Berlin authorities should be responsible for such a decision.

About 6 thousand western mercenaries were killed in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces

In response to another question, Konstantin Gavrilov stated that according to military reports, by the end of March, there were about 14,000 foreign mercenaries in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces, and almost 6,000 of them had been killed so far. 

The head of the Russian delegation at the security and arms control talks in Vienna explained: At the beginning of the special operation to protect the people of Donbass, the number of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine was only increasing and reached about 20 thousand people, but After the successes of the Russian armed forces, the cases of their escape from the contact zone began. At the end of March, the Ministry of Defense knew about the presence of about 14,000 mercenaries, half of whom, about 6,000 of them had been killed so far.

Gavrilov pointed to the Polish mercenaries as an example and reminded that about 3 A thousand Poles were fighting alongside the Ukrainian forces, and about 1.5 thousand of them died in this way. According to him, now some mercenaries are running away from the front line without receiving their money according to the contract, because the Ukrainian command uses them as “cannon fodder”.

The Russian diplomat added. : In the ranks of the armed forces of Ukraine, you can find mercenaries from Poland, France, the United States, Georgia, Canada and Germany. Of course, the French have recently become active. According to him, of course, the number of western mercenaries in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces has not increased recently, and these people face legal problems in their countries, because in some countries, mercenaries for the army of another country are prohibited by law, although always There are ways to evade the law in this area.

The Russian Investigative Committee announced in late April that more than 3,000 foreign military personnel are unofficially currently alongside the Ukrainian armed forces in the war against Russia is involved.

In early May, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk admitted for the first time that there were “a number of military personnel” in Ukraine, which he said were military trainers, observers and technical engineers. and without these people and the help of NATO, Kiev could not defend itself against Russia for a long time.

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