by Shane Trejo, Big League Politics:

Russia believes that the United States government’s move to deploy more arms to Ukraine constitutes an “immediate threat” to Russia’s national security interests and increases the risk of a direct military confrontation between Russia and the Collective West.

“The supply of military products by the US and its allies not only entails protracted bloodshed and new casualties, but also increases the danger of a direct military clash between Russia and Western countries,” Russia’s Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov declared on the Telegram messaging app on October 5, 2022.