2023-06-07 04:02:00
Russia summoned the Belgian ambassador to Moscow on Tuesday to protest the alleged use of Belgian weapons by pro-Ukrainian Russian fighters in several recent incursions into its territory.
“Russia has already warned on several occasions of the danger of supplying the Ukrainian armed forces with Western weapons and equipment and their uncontrolled spread.”added the ministry in a note released by the AFP news agency.
Moscow urged Belgium “not to close its eyes to the increasing evidence of the support provided” by kyiv to these groups armed groups that “attack civilians and civilian infrastructure in Russia”.
These raids, claimed by armed groups claiming to be Russian and fighting alongside the Ukrainian army, sparked violent clashes in Russia’s Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine.
Y They were reinforced with massive bombardments against Russian towns and villages that caused several deaths and injured dozens of civilians.
Moscow resorted to the air force and artillery to repel these groups from the Ukraine.
Belgium indicated on Monday that it would ask kyiv for “clarifications”. about the information that Belgian-made weapons were used during those raids on Russia.
Belgium, like other European countries and the United States, supplied weapons to Ukraine on the condition that they were not used for attacks on Russian territory. for fear of an escalation in the war conflict that began in February 2022.
According to the American newspaper The Washington Post, lPro-Ukrainian fighters used in Belgorod military vehicles that had been sent to kyiv by the United States and Poland, as well as rifles made in Belgium and the Czech Republic.
Ukraine denies carrying out those attacks on Russian territory.
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