new $325 million US military aid package for Ukraine Russia’s ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, said Wednesday, plunging Washington further into the “abyss” of the conflict.
The package, which includes air defense systems, ammunition and weapons for the vehicles, is shaping Ukraine’s long-anticipated retaliatory offensive. In the past week, the Ukrainian army has lost some tanks and armored vehicles provided by the Western allies, while making small initial territorial gains.
In a post on the embassy’s Telegram messaging channel, Antonov was quoted as saying, “The United States is getting deeper and deeper into the abyss of the Ukrainian crisis.”
“Apparently, the strategists of the United States somehow do not understand that no amount of weapons, the involvement of mercenaries, will be able to turn the tide during the (Russia’s) special military operation.”
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
Russia refers to its actions in Ukraine as a “special military operation” rather than a war. Kiev and its allies are calling it an unprovoked act of aggression to grab land.
United States, European Union and others allies of ukraine Have sent billions of dollars in military aid In Kiev since the beginning of the invasion of Russia in February 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday welcomed the new US aid, saying on Twitter that Ukraine’s defense forces needed “effective assistance in liberating territories temporarily occupied by the Russian aggressor”.