State Department spokesman Price: US wants to change the situation in Ukraine by handing over armored vehicles

MOSCOW, January 10 – RIA Novosti. The US is trying to change the current dynamics of the conflict in Ukraine by providing military assistance to Kiev, including armored vehicles and air defense systems. declaration State Department spokesperson Ned Price during the briefing.

“The dynamic we’re trying to change (this. – ed.) to provide additional security assistance in the amount of three billion dollars, It includes armored combat vehicles as well as air defense systems,” he said.

On Friday, the United States announced that it has allocated its next – largest – military aid package to Ukraine in excess of three billion dollars. Specifically, Bradley will include infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled howitzers, armored vehicles, HIMARS MLRS shells, as well as other vehicles and ammunition. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and US President Joe Biden agreed on Thursday in a phone call to send heavy military equipment to Kiev. Germany announced its readiness to supply Marder infantry fighting vehicles and Patriot air defense systems. French President Emmanuel Macron, during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky, said that Paris will supply Ukraine with armored vehicles or AMX-10RC wheeled tanks.

As Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian President, later stated, the Western arms supply to Ukraine will not fundamentally change anything, it will not be able to interrupt the process of achieving the goals of the special operation. “We know that collective Europe, the North Atlantic Alliance and the United States are pumping tens of billions of dollars into Ukraine through arms supplies. These deliveries may add and prolong the suffering of the Ukrainian people. But in principle they won’t be able to solve anything,” he said.