Russia believes that the United States will at some point remove all restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Ukraine, the RIA news agency cited Russian ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov as saying on Friday.
“The current administration behaves like a person who extends one hand and holds a dagger behind their back with another one,” Antonov said, describing Washington’s recent comments about Kyiv not being allowed to use US weapons for strikes deep into Russian territory as “goading.”
“…They are, essentially, laying ground (for a decision) to simply remove all the existing restrictions at a certain point, without much thought.”
The United States has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022, but has limited the use of its weapons to Ukrainian soil and counterfire, defensive cross-border operations.
Antonov said serious dialogue with the US would only become possible if it ends its “hostile” policy toward Russia, which includes the support of Ukraine and the implementation of sanctions against Moscow.
Antonov said a meeting between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken appeared unlikely during the United Nations General Assembly session next month.
He also said Moscow had no plans to interfere in the US presidential elections.
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US plans to give Ukraine carte blanche on weapons, Russian ambassador says
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US plans to give Ukraine carte blanche on weapons, Russian ambassador says
- The United States has provided Ukraine with more than $50 billion worth of military aid since 2022
- Envoy: Serious dialogue with the US would only become possible if it ends its ‘hostile’ policy toward Russia
US, Mexico seize cocaine in ‘coordinated’ Pacific operation
- The unusual joint action comes despite tensions between the two countries
- US President Donald Trump vowed to strike Mexican drug cartels
MEXICO CITY: The United States and Mexico seized several tonnes of cocaine from a ship in a “coordinated operation” in the Pacific Ocean, the Mexican navy said Wednesday.
The unusual joint action comes despite tensions between the two countries, with US President Donald Trump vowing to strike Mexican drug cartels that he said posed a grave threat to national security.
“About 188 packages containing several tonnes of cocaine” were seized from the vessel off Clarion Island, about 1,100 kilometers from the Mexican port city of Manzanillo in Colima state, the Mexican navy said in a statement.
Multiple people were arrested, the statement added, without specifying how many.
Trump has threatened to slap additional tariffs on Mexico to pressure the country into beefing up drug raids and cartel arrests.
A free trade agreement between the two neighbors and Canada is up for renegotiation this year.
The Trump administration said Wednesday that Mexican cartel drones around the US-Mexico border had forced a Texas airport to shut down temporary.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that her government had received no reports of drones belonging to cartels along the border.
The unusual joint action comes despite tensions between the two countries, with US President Donald Trump vowing to strike Mexican drug cartels that he said posed a grave threat to national security.
“About 188 packages containing several tonnes of cocaine” were seized from the vessel off Clarion Island, about 1,100 kilometers from the Mexican port city of Manzanillo in Colima state, the Mexican navy said in a statement.
Multiple people were arrested, the statement added, without specifying how many.
Trump has threatened to slap additional tariffs on Mexico to pressure the country into beefing up drug raids and cartel arrests.
A free trade agreement between the two neighbors and Canada is up for renegotiation this year.
The Trump administration said Wednesday that Mexican cartel drones around the US-Mexico border had forced a Texas airport to shut down temporary.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum responded that her government had received no reports of drones belonging to cartels along the border.
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