Kiev’s top diplomat has suggested the US and other donors need to give more military aid to stop attacks on Russian refineries
Kiev would be more receptive to appeals from the US and its allies to stop attacking Russian oil infrastructure if the West boosted its military aid, Ukraine’s top diplomat has revealed.
Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba offered his suggestion for how the West can earn Ukraine’s cooperation in a local broadcast interview on Sunday. His comments came after US defense chief Lloyd Austin expressed concern earlier this month that Ukrainian drone strikes against Russian refineries and oil storage facilities could trigger a jump in international energy prices.
“You need to think in your own interests,” Kuleba told Rada TV. “If your partners are saying: ‘We are giving you seven Patriot batteries, but we have a request for you, please don’t do this and that’ – then there is something to talk about.”
On the other hand, if “no batteries, no aid package” are being offered in connection with the entreaty – then there is nothing to talk about. “Everyone survives as best they can,” he added.
https://www.rt.com/news/595954-ukraine-patriot-refineries-blackmail/
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