Zakharova: Weapon supplies threaten security not only in Ukraine, but also outside it

Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on Wednesday said arms deliveries to Kiev by Western countries threaten security not only in Ukraine, but also outside the country.

“The US and its allies won’t stop inundating Ukraine with weapons,” she said at a news conference. “According to Western experts, the total amount of military, financial and humanitarian assistance that was pledged for Ukraine has reached more than $80 billion since January 24 of this year, of which 45% is exclusively military support.”

“Arms deliveries create security threats not only in Ukraine, but also outside it,” the diplomat continued. “I’ll say it again: Thousands of MANPADS Stinger and MANPATS Javelin, grenade launchers and other means of combat could and will end up in the black markets of the whole world.”

“Law enforcement agencies in some countries in Western and Eastern Europe have already noted a significant increase in the volume of criminal trafficking in weapons that come from the Kiev-controlled territory,” Zakharova said. “Don’t say later that you weren’t forewarned. We are warning you every day: Everything that is supplied to the territory of Ukraine as weapons – everything – will find its way back, through the black market, including and primarily to Europe”.

Russia ready to export tens of millions of tonnes of grain if West lifts bans 

In a different context, Zakharova said that Russia is not preventing the export of grain from the territory of Ukraine and is ready to export tens of millions of tonnes of its own grain if the West stops blocking food supplies.

According to her, if the West is worried about the onset of world famine it should “stop blocking food supplies.”

Zakharova stressed that “it is Washington, Brussels and London that are doing everything to really artificially escalate the situation” with the export of grain. The diplomat also noted that the blame for blocking the export of grain from Ukraine also lies with the Kiev regime, which is responsible for demining ports.

The Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman also criticized German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock’s words that Russia uses hunger as a weapon.

According to the diplomat, the German Foreign Minister is doing everything “to forget that it was her country that historically used hunger as a weapon and took people as hostages, destroying the civilian population.”

Source: Itar Tass