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| Russian military expert suspects provocation in a WSJ article about shell aid to Ukraine |
| 2024-03-18 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The publication that some of Russia’s allies are allegedly supplying shells to Ukraine may turn out to be a provocation created to cause discord between the partners. This opinion was expressed to a Regnum news agency correspondent on March 17 by Oleg Glazunov, a military expert, associate professor of the department of political analysis and socio-psychological processes of the Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. The American newspaper The Wall Street Journal reported that some of Russia's allies are allegedly supplying shells to Ukraine. However, according to the publication, officials do not say where the shells for the Ukrainian Armed Forces are coming from. They only note that the suppliers include some countries that are allies of Russia. Journalists emphasize that US requests for supplies to Ukraine to countries in Africa and Asia, including Moscow’s partners, were rejected. Glazunov noted that such information should be treated with caution. “This information may be aimed at sowing distrust between Russia and its allies. Then there will be no mutually beneficial cooperation, which is what Western countries are striving for. We should not forget that the American and European media are fulfilling their tasks,” the military expert emphasized. On the other hand, if this information is confirmed, then Russia should take appropriate measures: sever economic and political relations with these countries. And the response must be adequate to the threat, as was the case with Ecuador, the military expert emphasized. As Regnum reported, on March 6, Bloomberg reported that Ukraine’s Western allies had collected almost all the funds necessary to purchase about 800 thousand shells for the Armed Forces of Ukraine as part of the Czech initiative. At the Munich Security Conference held in February, Czech President Petr Pavel said that the republic had allocated about 500 thousand 155 mm shells and 300 thousand 122 mm shells, which would be delivered to Ukraine if this initiative was supported financially. The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that Moscow expects a call from the UN to avoid steps and actions that aggravate the conflict in Ukraine, especially the supply of weapons to the Armed Forces of Ukraine from Western countries. Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa announced in early January his intention to exchange old Soviet equipment for new equipment worth $200 million. In particular, they talked about the Soviet Mi-171E helicopters and the Igla man-portable anti-aircraft missile system (MANPADS). At the same time, the transfer of military equipment to third countries is prohibited by the terms of the contracts. The Russian Foreign Ministry called Ecuador's decision to transfer Russian equipment to the United States reckless, taken under pressure from interested parties. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Ecuador Vladimir Sprinchan said on February 17 that Quito was canceling its decision to supply Russian equipment to the United States. The Ecuadorian authorities decided not to send weapons and military equipment to Ukraine, a country involved in an international military conflict. As the head of Ecuador assured, he had no idea about the White House’s plans regarding the future fate of old military equipment from Ecuador, which Noboa called scrap metal. |
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