Washington approved the shipment of “non-persistent” anti-personnel mines, following the announcement of a weapons package worth 260 million euros. Moscow warns that attacks on Russian territory could escalate the conflict.
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The United States will supply Ukraine with antipersonnel mines to strengthen the country’s defense against the invasion launched by Russia, a US government official said.
Washington will send kyiv “non-persistent antipersonnel mines” equipped with a self-destruction or self-deactivation devicethe same source, who was not identified, told the France-Presse news agency on Tuesday night.
The decision came hours after Pentagon sources said the United States will send new weapons worth $275 million (€260 million) to Ukraine before Donald Trump takes over the US presidency on January 20. 2025.
Joe Biden’s administration is rushing to do everything it can to help kyiv fight Russia in the current US president’s two months left, as the aid package has not yet been approved.
The latest tranche of arms aid comes as concerns grow about an escalation of the conflict, and both sides press for any advantages they can take if Trump demands a quick end to the war, as the president-elect has promised to do.
On Mondays, Biden authorized Ukraine to fire long-range missiles against Russiawith Russian President Vladimir Putin upping the ante and decreeing the possibility of the Russian military using nuclear weapons.
U.S. officials said Russia’s change in nuclear doctrine was expected.
However, Moscow warned on Tuesday that Ukraine’s new use of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, inside Russia could trigger a strong response.
Under anonymity, a North American source, cited by the Associated Press news agency, stated that The United States sees no indication that Russia is preparing to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
The United States has “no indication” that Russia is preparing nuclear weapons to attack Ukraine
The U.S. officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the aid package has not yet been made public.
Asked on Tuesday whether a Ukrainian attack with long-range US missiles could trigger the use of nuclear weapons, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov responded affirmatively.
Peskov pointed to the doctrinal provision that keeps the door open after a conventional attack that poses critical threats to the “sovereignty and territorial integrity” of Russia and its ally Belarus.
A U.S. official, who also asked not to be identified, said Ukraine fired eight ATACMS missiles at Russia on Tuesday and only two were intercepted, and that an assessment of damage to a munitions warehouse in Karachev was underway. Bryansk region.
Source: Observadora
