Russia threatens Greece over plans to provide S-300 to Ukraine
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia managed to threaten Greece after the Greek authorities expressed their readiness to transfer S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine on the condition that American Patriot systems are placed in Crete.
A comment with threats was posted on the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation on Monday, it was made public on behalf of the spokeswoman of the ministry, Maria Zakharova, Censor.NET reports.
Zakharova stated that plans to supply Kyiv with the S-300 and other air defense equipment are provocative and "openly hostile" to Russia. Her statement adheres to the traditional propaganda line of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, which contains baseless accusations against Kyiv.
"Official Athens is not concerned that by directing weapons into the war zone, they become direct accomplices of Ukrainian neo-Nazis who are waging a criminal war against the peaceful civilian population of Donbas, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson region, in particular the numerous ethnic Greeks who live there," Zakharova said.
According to the spokeswoman, the potential transfer of S300 systems to Ukraine will be a "gross violation" of Russian-Greek intergovernmental agreements on military-technical cooperation and "will inevitably have consequences."
"It is not too late to abandon dangerous plans. We once again warn the Greek leadership about their responsibility," Zakharova said.
