West puts its security at risk by arming Ukraine, Russia warns

Western countries are “putting their own safety at risk” when arming Ukraine, the Russian ambassador Vasili Nebenzia warned the UN Security Council, who said that this supply of weapons supposes “add fuel to the fire” and that “will have tragic repercussions”.

“We see how weapons of all kinds continue to be supplied (to the Ukrainians) by Western capitals. The fact of putting weapons in the hands of civilians, do Westerners know the risk it represents for their own security, when surface-to-air missiles and grenade launchers fall into the hands of anyone?warned the ambassador.

Nebenzia specifically alluded to President Joe Biden’s announcement yesterday that United States it would supply drones, anti-aircraft missiles, anti-armor missiles and firearms with their ammunition worth $800 million.

It is not the only country to do so: others like the United Kingdom, France, Holland, Germany, Canada, Spain and Sweden, among others, they have also announced the shipment of weapons and military equipment to Ukraine

“Unfortunately, Ukraine is but a pawn on the West’s chessboard,” said the ambassador, who dedicated his speech to denouncing what he called a disinformation campaign by the Western media, mainly regarding the city of Mariupolwhich has suffered the harshest attacks in this war and which is “object of a great number of lies”.

According to the Russian ambassador, All the information that appeared in the Western media about the bombing of civilian buildings such as the Mariupol Maternity Hospital or its theater concealed the fact that members of the far-right Azov Battalion had allegedly barricaded themselves there.

And he went further by accusing the Ukrainian forces of purposely hindering the evacuation of civilians in order to “Use them as human shields.”

Prior to Nebenzia’s long speech, ambassadors from Western countries had accused Russia not only of deliberately attacking civilian targets, but of trying to use the tribunes of the Security Council to practice the “cynicism” to raise its own resolution raised to “respect humanitarian principles” in the war that Russia calls “special operation”.