MOSCOW, October 9 – Novosti. Adviser to the Interior Minister of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko urged the West to increase the supply of weapons to Kiev amid fears that the conflict in Ukraine will escalate after the explosion on the Crimean bridge.
On Saturday, the National Anti-Terrorism Committee ( NAC ) reported that a truck exploded on the Krymsky Bridge in the early morning of October 8, causing the fire of seven fuel tanks of the train. There was a partial collapse of two automobile spans of the bridge. The arch above its navigable part is not damaged, the NAC said. According to preliminary data from the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation , three people died as a result of the explosion.
“The likelihood of escalation by (Russian President Vladimir – ed.) Putin is high. We are asking for more weapons. We are not asking to fight for us,” Gerashchenko said in an interview with Newsweek.
According to the adviser, Kyiv needs three times as many HIMARS systems, five times as many tanks and armored vehicles, and 10 times as many vehicles.
Moscow previously sent a note to NATO countries because of the supply of weapons to Ukraine. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. The Foreign Ministry of the Russian Federation stated that the NATO countries are “playing with fire” by supplying weapons to Ukraine. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov noted that pumping Ukraine with weapons from the West does not contribute to the success of Russian-Ukrainian negotiations and will have a negative effect.
