EU jeopardizing European security with Ukraine military aid: Moscow
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The European Union is putting its own security at risk through continuously shipping arms to Ukraine, Russia warns amid strained ties with Brussels.
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Arms shipments for Ukraine
The European Union is not taking into consideration the consequences of giving military aid to Ukraine, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko told Sputnik on Monday.
The EU leadership is determined to continue dragging out the conflict and further jeopardizing the security of Europe, Rudenko added.
"They do it without thinking about the consequences. Borrell continues to make belligerent statements that have nothing to do with diplomacy. This indicates that the EU does not want to invest in peace in Ukraine and keeps pursuing a policy aimed at extending the conflict," he said.
He underlined how these actions were dangerous for civilians, women, and children, who he said were "being killed by weapons supplied to Kiev."
"As a result of shelling, civilian infrastructure is being destroyed. Strikes are also targeting critical facilities, including the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant (NPP). The security of the entire European continent is under threat," the top Russian diplomat highlighted.
Germany, the biggest Europeancontirbutor to Kiev's military, pledged an additional 200 million euros ($199.02 million) for Ukraine, though this time it's for aid programs for internally displaced refugees, claimed German Development Minister Svenja Schulze on Sunday.
A German government official said last month that the European Union sought to finance an aid package worth some 8 billion euros by September for Ukraine, which goes to show that the EU found it easier to finance arms than aid for refugees.
Despite pledging more assistance, senior EU officials admit that there will most likely be a "crunch point" in the fall or early winter when EU countries begin to feel acute domestic economic pain as a result of the crisis.
The countries of the EU, mainly France and Germany, do not know what a "victory" might entail, and they continue to blindly aid Ukraine without knowing whether the war can be "won" without any escalations that directly involve NATO or the EU, or even Russia's use of unconventional weapons.
Germany is Ukraine's biggest European backer, with Berlin continuing to transfer weaponry to Ukraine that even its own forces do not have.
German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht said in July the German military is running out of weapons that can be sent to Ukraine, but Ukraine may still rely on Germany's assistance in the future.
EU plans to supply drones to Moldova concern Moscow
Brussels' plans to supply Moldova with UAVs raise questions in Russia about the EU's policy, especially in light of the 27-nation bloc's openly hostile approach toward Russia.
"The allocation of EU assistance almost equal to the country’s annual military budget to cover the costs associated with the provision of non-lethal military equipment, including mobile platforms and drones, raises serious questions about the true goals of such a policy, especially against the backdrop of Brussels’ openly hostile line towards Russia," Rudenko said.
The diplomat stressed that Russia had repeatedly voiced concerns in relation to Moldova's growing involvement in close cooperation with Euro-Atlantic structures in the military and military-technical spheres.
He highlighted that each state seeking to ensure its own security is an internal affair, though he acknowledged that it was "doubtful that its strengthening will be facilitated by sharp military supplies to the republic, which officially declares its neutral status."
Truss poses threat to Russian embassy work in UK
Incoming United Kingdom Prime Minister Liz Truss could jeopardize the work of the Russian embassy in Ukraine in light of her anti-Russian sentiment, said Sergey Belyaev, the head of the Russian foreign ministry's Second European Department.
Truss previously underlined that she would adhere to her predecessor's policies upon taking the premiership.
"The flame of freedom in Ukraine [will continue] to burn bright", if she wins, stressing that "under my leadership, President Zelensky will have no greater ally."
She has several times accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of "barbarism" and pledged not to allow him to win in Ukraine.
Russia cannot rule out that the response of the new UK leadership to a large-scale economic crisis within the country will be a further increase in anti-Russian hysteria in the country's elite circles, Belyaev noted.
"It cannot be completely ruled out that under these conditions, the diplomatic presence of Russia in the UK and, as a result, of the UK in our country, may also be put at risk," he concluded.
