Russia’s Foreign Ministry on Monday threatened “severe consequences” against the European Union over the EU’s plans to provide arms to Ukraine, vowing that such action will not go unanswered” and declaring that Russia will continue its invasion of Ukraine despite the crippling sanctions imposed on the Kremlin.
In a statement highlighted by CNN, the Russian Foreign Ministry’s said: “EU citizens and structures involved in supplying lethal weapons and fuel and lubricants to the Armed Forces of Ukraine will be responsible for any consequences of such actions in the context of the ongoing special military operation. They cannot fail to understand the degree of danger of the consequences.”
The statement also slammed Western sanctions as “illegitimate and vowed that Russia will continue to ensure the realization of its national interest.
“Another myth that had been propagated by the EU in the past — that their unilateral restrictions, which are illegitimate under international law, are not directed against the Russian people — has been finally dispelled. Brussels functionaries, who until recently portrayed themselves as our country’s ‘strategic partner’, are not hiding any longer: they intend to inflict maximum damage on Russia, hit its weak points, seriously destroy its economy and suppress its economic growth,” the statement read, according to CNN.
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The Ministry then threatened retaliation.
“We want to assure you it will not. The actions of the European Union will not go unanswered,” the statement said before adding: “It is time for Western countries to understand that their undivided dominance in the global economy is long a thing of the past.”
