"Unheard of Provocation": Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the United States promised to destroy American tanks Abrams in Ukraine

Russian diplomat Anatoly Antonov said that armored vehicles of this type cannot be called "defense weapons". The ambassador claims that Washington is purposefully trying to inflict strategic defeat. Ambassador of Russia to the United States Anatoly Antonov said that all the M1 Abrams were destroyed by Ukraine's US combat tanks. His words are quoted by the Russian diplomatic mission in the United States. Antonov is convinced that Washington is really preparing to hand over to Kiev armored vehicles.

"During the Ukrainian crisis [military aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine], the administration has repeatedly used the reception with the publication of information in the media on the eve of significant supply of weapons and equipment to the Kiev regime," he commented. Antonov called such a decision "unprecedented provocation". According to him, US authorities "increase the military assistance bar" Kiev.

"It is obvious that Washington is purposefully trying to give us a strategic defeat," he added. According to the Russian diplomat, such armored vehicles can no longer be considered "defense weapons". He emphasizes that the White House gives Kyiv permission to use US military assistance to conduct a Crimean de -occupation operation. The Ambassador claims that if the supply is indeed, the Russian army will be able to destroy US military equipment in Ukraine.

"There is no doubt that in the event of a decision to transfer M1 Abrams to Kiev, the American tanks will destroy our military in the same way as they destroy all other samples of NATO equipment," Antonov said. A heavy M1 Abrams tank has been commercially available since 1980 and has been in service in the US, Egypt, Australia, Morocco and the Middle East.