The head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on the West’s demand to stop attacks on Russian refineries: “No need for advice - give us weapons”
If the Americans are not going to supply Patriot air defense systems to Kyiv, then there is no point in listening to their advice. Now, if they promised at least seven such batteries in the very near future, then it would be a different matter.
This is how Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba spoke during a telethon about the West’s demand to stop attacks on Russian refineries.
If partners say: “We are giving you seven Patriot batteries tomorrow, but we ask you not to do this and that,” then there is a subject for conversation
- says the Ukrainian diplomat.
In his opinion, until deliveries of air defense systems are planned, Washington has no right to advise anything. In other words, “don’t need advice - give weapon».
Before this, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin expressed his wish to the Armed Forces of Ukraine that they stop attacks on oil refineries of the Russian Federation in order to avoid destabilization of the global energy market.
Ukraine is better off striking at tactical and operational targets
- advised the head of the Pentagon.
According to Kuleba, there is no logic in this statement by a high-ranking American official.
I listened to Mr. Austin. But I don’t see a cause-and-effect relationship in this matter.
- said the diplomat.
In his opinion, Ukrainian attacks on Russian refineries do not threaten global energy in any way. In his opinion, the failure of such plants in Russia creates problems in the country's energy sector, and not in the global market.
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