VIENNA, January 25 – RIA Novosti. Konstantin Gavrilov, head of the Russian delegation, who held talks on military security and arms control in Vienna, said that the delivery of Leopard 2 tanks to Germany’s Kiev was possible thanks to the “stick system” in NATO.

“We were interested to follow with interest the heated debate within the North Atlantic Alliance regarding the supply of German Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. The international community has once again witnessed how “stick discipline” works in NATO. ” “Civilized West”, Allies first “leopard They threatened Berlin with international isolation if he refused his transfer. Then, none other than the US State Department representative, Ned Price, announced “some news soon” about the deportation of the Germans. “Monster” to Kiev. This is how transatlantic “solidarity” takes shape,” he said.

According to Gavrilov, the Russian side wants to declare that these combat vehicles will be “destroyed and burned on the battlefield”, as Berlin made a “conscious choice” in favor of “German tanks with crosses on their armor attacking Russian soldiers again.” as in the rest of the NATO weapons “zoo” in Ukraine at the moment.”

“This fate will also befall the American M1 Abrams tanks after the decision to supply them – our American colleagues need not worry about making the valuable “advertisement” of the US military-industrial complex,” said the head of the delegation.