Russia rubbishes threat of war, says it is an excuse to arm Ukraine with US weapons

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Russia has rubbished allegations that it plans to invade Ukraine, saying that threat of war is a mere excuse to militarise Kiev and arm it with American weapons.</p>
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Russia’s Secretary of State of the Security Council, Nikolai Patrushev told reporters on Sunday that Washington is ready to fight in Ukraine, and supply Kiev with weapons to the last Ukrainian.</p>
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"We don't want war. And we don't need it at all. And those who impose it, especially from the West, are pursuing their selfish fabrications," Patrushev said as quoted by Sputnik.</p>
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Patrushev dismissed the campaign that Russia allegedly threatens Ukraine as complete absurdity.</p>
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"There is no threat. The Ukrainians themselves, including officials, say that there is no threat," Patrushev observed.</p>
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The Russian security Czar said that those who cite the threat of a conflict want to militarise Ukraine by opening a supply line of weapons to the  Ukrainian army.</p>
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"American officials say there is a threat, and they are ready to fight, providing (Kyiv – Sputnik) with weapons to the last Ukrainian. They don't care what the losses will be on each side or not," the Security Council secretary added.</p>
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Russia has stressed that the perception of military escalation on the Russia-Ukraine border is a pretext to deploy more NATO equipment at Russian borders.</p>
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Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that western hysteria around Ukraine is aimed at  sabotaging the Minsk agreements, meant to defuse the crisis through peaceful means.</p>
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