Russia Warns EU Leaders against Pumping Weapons to Ukraine

Russia warned the European leaders against “pumping weapons” into Ukraine, stressing that it could prolong the conflict and exacerbate the suffering of the people.

“We know the readiness of our country [Russia], which was announced by President [Putin] to facilitate the passage of the export, as well as to ensure the settlement of this ongoing global food crisis,” said Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, adding that Russia is yet to understand Ukraine’s stance.

Peskov noted that he acknowledged Turkey's efforts to secure a safe corridor for the release of the stranded grain shipments, but added, “We still don’t know for sure whether Ukraine wants this.”

He iterated that he hopes this topic “was touched upon” by the European leaders who visited Kyiv today.

The Kremlin spokesperson reiterated opposition to the West supplying Ukraine’s military with more weaponry, saying, “I would also like to hope that the leaders of these three states, also the President of Romania will not concentrate only on supporting Ukraine by further pumping weapons into it.”

“This is absolutely useless, it will prolong the suffering of people, it will simply cause further new damage to this country,” he said, insisting that the EU leaders encourage President Zelenskyy to look at the state of affairs.

Earlier this month, Peskov accused the U.S. of adding fuel to the fire as U.S. President Joe Biden agreed to send the long-range rocket systems to Ukraine’s military.

“We believe that the US is deliberately pouring oil on the fire. The US is holding the line that it will fight Russia to the last Ukrainian,” he said, adding that they do not trust that Kyiv will not fire the weapons into Russia.