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Ukraine Must Destroy All Western Weapons to End War, Says Russian Deputy Minister

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Ukraine Must Destroy All Western Weapons to End War, Says Russian Deputy Minister
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Alexander Grushko attends the NATO-Russia Council at the Alliance’s headquarters in Brussels, on January 12, 2022. (Source: Getty Images)

Russia will demand that Ukraine dismantle all Western-supplied weapons as a condition for ending the war, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko said in an interview with Izvestia, published on June 16.

“All these surplus weapons must be destroyed. The international mechanisms for this are well known. They must be reduced, disposed of, and this must be guaranteed,” Grushko said.

He claimed that Western arms shipments to Ukraine pose a security threat not only to Russia but also to the West itself, citing the example of US-supplied Stinger missiles in Afghanistan that later had to be brought back under control.

“Even with that experience in mind, it is astonishing how reckless some politicians remain, continuing to flood the market with weapons, fully aware that black markets are overflowing with arms that, through corruption schemes, end up circulating around the world, including Europe,” Grushko added.

On June 2, in a newly publicized document shared through Russian state media, Russia presented a proposed memorandum for a ceasefire in its ongoing war against Ukraine. The draft included several conditions, including the recognition of Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions as part of the Russian Federation.

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