Vladimir Putin stresses that supplies of
weapons will not change the situation in eastern Ukraine.
XIAMEN /China/, September 5. /TASS/. Washington’s decision to supply
lethal weapons to Ukraine is a sovereign one, though it won’t help resolve the
situation just exacerbate the conflict, Russian President Vladimir Putin said
on Tuesday following BRICS summit.
"This is the United States’ sovereign decision - to sell weapons or supply them free of charge to a country that is not a recipient of this assistance. We cannot influence this development. However, there are generally accepted international rules and approaches. Supplying weapons to a conflict zone is not conducive to peace, it just aggravates the situation," Putin explained.
"This is the United States’ sovereign decision - to sell weapons or supply them free of charge to a country that is not a recipient of this assistance. We cannot influence this development. However, there are generally accepted international rules and approaches. Supplying weapons to a conflict zone is not conducive to peace, it just aggravates the situation," Putin explained.
The Russian
leader stressed that supplies of weapons will not change the situation in eastern
Ukraine. On the contrary, these (moves) will lead to an increase in the number
of casualties, he cautioned.
Besides,
Washington’s decision can indicate that the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk
people’s republics (DPR, LPR) have enough weapons of their own, including those
captured from the enemy.
"If US
weapons are delivered to the conflict zone, it is hard to say how the
self-proclaimed republics will react. Perhaps, they will send the weapons they
have to other conflict zones," Putin noted.
Source: ITAR-TASS 05-09-2017
