
Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that the Kremlin monitors arms supplies to Ukraine, including missiles for Patriot systems, and takes this information into account when making decisions.
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Ukraine is requesting additional Patriot air defense systems to protect against attacks. Russia regularly protests against the supply of Western weapons to Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky has been talking a lot about Patriot missiles lately, Russia is closely monitoring which countries issue licenses and what weapons they supply. This was stated by the press secretary of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Dmitry Peskov, writes Interfax.
“We very carefully, of course, monitor the information, which countries give which licenses, what weapons they supply, and we carefully take all this into account,” the Kremlin representative said.
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