‘Izvestia’: Grushko spoke about the Russian Federation's demand to get rid of Western weapons in Ukraine

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko.
Photo: RIA Novosti

Russia will require Ukraine to get rid of weapons supplied by the West, they must be guaranteed to be reduced and disposed of, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko told ‘Izvestia’.

"Of course, all these surpluses must be destroyed. All international algorithms are known. They (armaments. — Ed.) should be reduced, disposed of, and guaranteed," Grushko said.

This is how he answered ‘Izvestia’'s question about whether Russia would require Ukraine to dispose of Western weapons.

At the same time, Ukraine's insane pumping of weapons poses a huge threat to the security of the Western states themselves. For example, when the Americans began to transfer Stinger missiles to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan, then enormous efforts were made to find and put all these complexes under full control, the deputy Foreign minister stressed.

"Even taking into account this experience, the degree of recklessness of those politicians who continue to throw weapons on the market is striking, knowing full well that the black markets are literally swollen with weapons, which, as a result of the implementation of corruption schemes, are flowing to different parts of the globe, including Europe," Grushko told ‘Izvestia’.

At the moment, according to the Kiel Institute, Europe has allocated about €137 billion in financial, military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine, while the United States has allocated about €114 billion. As the EU clarified to ‘Izvestia’, it was their military assistance that amounted to €50.3 billion. The UK provided Kiev with weapons worth € 10.3 billion, Canada — almost € 3 billion.

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