MOSCOW, September 12. /TASS/. The European Union and the United Kingdom have emerged as Ukraine’s main suppliers of arms and financial support; Russian-Belarusian military exercises have sparked concern in Europe; and the assassination of American conservative leader Charlie Kirk highlights the deepening political and cultural divisions in the US. These stories topped Friday’s newspaper headlines across Russia.
Ukraine is effectively shifting to the financial support of the European Union and the United Kingdom, which have already become Kiev’s leading source of weaponry, Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador-at-Large Rodion Miroshnik told Izvestia. At a meeting of the contact group in the Ramstein format held in London, European countries announced new assistance programs for Ukraine. Germany will focus on developing long-range weapons, while the United Kingdom will prioritize drones. Against this backdrop, the United States continues to press for a peaceful settlement of the conflict in Ukraine.
"The question is how long they will be able to bear these costs going forward. At present, they are showing ambitions to independently provide financing, purchase weaponry - in other words, to work exclusively toward disrupting any agreements and sustaining Ukraine’s military capabilities for the continuation of bloodshed," the diplomat told Izvestia. The pause in negotiations on resolving the crisis is dragging on, while Kiev is becoming more radical in its statements, Miroshnik emphasized.
