Russia continues to defend its interests, insists the Kremlin.
Russia continues to safeguard its interests, the Kremlin said in response to reports about Washington's plans to send new missile systems to Ukraine.
We didn't receive any notifications on the matter. As far as actions to defend our interests are concerned, we are making them on a regular basis, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Peskov s statement came after several news agencies reported that the US was purchasing a medium- to long range surface-to-air missile system for Ukraine.
The Norwegian-developed NASAMS is one of the weapons requested by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the past, according to the Associated Press.
Kiev is fighting Russian troops, and the US and other NATO countries have been providing heavy weapons to help it fight Russian troops. Recent deliveries include US-made M 142 HIMARS multiple rocket launchers and M 777 howitzers.
Peskov said that this month that flooding Ukraine with foreign weapons will not change the course of the conflict and will only lead to more suffering and destruction in Ukraine.
Russia attacked the neighboring state in late February, after Ukraine failed to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German and French protocols were designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.
The Kremlin has demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists that the Russian offensive was unprovoked and has denied it plans to retake the two republics by force.