Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mariya Zakharova said that Greece’s plans to supply Ukraine with Russian S-300 air defense systems are “provocative” and “hostile”.
Zaharova made a written statement regarding the allegations in the Greek media that “Greece is ready to hand over the Russian S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine”.
Stating that the Greek administration has made similar statements recently, Zaharova said, “We think that the (Greek administration’s) provocative plans to send the S-300 and other Russian and Soviet air defense systems to the Kyiv regime are hostile.” used the phrases.
“WE WARN THE GREEK ADMINISTRATION”
Emphasizing that “Greece will be complicit with Ukraine by sending weapons to conflict zones and will violate the agreements it made with Russia in the field of military technique in 1995 and 2013,” Zakharova said:
“These agreements prohibit Greece from transferring the military equipment we procured without the consent of Russia to a third country. Violation of the obligations in the agreement will have inevitable consequences, weakening Greece’s defense capacity. This shows that the Greek side is indifferent to international restrictions on arms trade. “All military equipment sent to Kiev will be tracked and destroyed in time by Russian forces. Dangerous plans can be abandoned before it’s too late. We warn the Greek administration that it must be responsible.”
In the news in the Greek media, it was claimed that “Greece will send the S-300 air defense systems procured from Russia to Ukraine, if the USA places the Patriot anti-aircraft missile system on the island of Crete.” (AA)