U.S. tanks for Ukraine would be seen as a ‘blatant provocation,’ Russian official says
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov speaks during a discussion about the legacy of Anatoly Dobrynin on Nov. 18, 2019, in Washington, DC.
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A top Russian official has said that any delivery of American tanks to Ukraine would be seen as “another blatant provocation” by the West.
“If the United States decides to supply tanks, it will be impossible to justify such step using arguments about ‘defensive weapons’,” Russia’s Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said on Telegram Wednesday.
“This would be another blatant provocation against the Russian Federation. No one should have illusions about who is the real aggressor in the current conflict,” he claimed.
The U.S. is expected to announce soon that it will send a number of M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, with Germany expected to say Wednesday that it is ready to send Leopard 2 tanks….
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