Lavrov: The West has contributed more than 160 billion dollars to Ukraine.
The Russian Foreign Minister said in an interview on Saturday that the Western countries have helped Kyiv with more than 160 billion dollars within a year after the start of the Russian special operations in Ukraine.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Saturday that the amount of Western aid to the Zelensky regime has reached more than 160 billion dollars within a year after the start of the special military operation, of which 75 billion dollars are related to military aid.
He, who made these words during an interview with a Russian publication, said that according to the statistics of the non-governmental organization “Heritage Foundation”, only the United States has aided Ukraine with 113 billion dollars, which is a large amount of aid from the United States to Ukraine despite the difficult conditions of the global economy. is done
On the other hand, in an interview with “International Affairs” magazine, he stated: “In the context of the conflicts in Ukraine, the bigger danger is that the United States and NATO countries will increase the risk of an armed conflict between the nuclear powers by escalating the situation.”
He added: “We believe that this event can and should be prevented.”
The senior Russian diplomat pointed out that Moscow has to always warn the West about the military and political dangers of this issue because it believes that a nuclear war will not have a winner.
He noted that the 5 nuclear powers of the world have emphasized in a joint statement on January 3, 2020, that a nuclear war should never start.
He added: “In this context, at the current stage, the most important task for each of the nuclear powers is to adhere to these understandings and show maximum restraint.”
Lavrov’s statement comes after the media reported that the United States has allowed two countries to send F-16 fighter jets to Kyiv.
A US official said early Friday that the White House had agreed to the delivery of F-16 fighter jets by the Netherlands and Denmark to Kyiv after the completion of a training program for Ukrainian pilots to fly the warplanes.
